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Estonia 190 - Serial # 6561 | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,678 Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member | | Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,678 | Bleach. If you're averse to chemicals, use the orange stuff. Not as good.
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Wheels | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,941 2000 Post Club Member | | 2000 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,941 | That's a sign of the piano being exposed to very high humidity. I think you can use a sponge with some bleach to remove the mold. But immediately after that, it must be placed in a dry room (humidity between 40-50%). Of if you just put the piano in the dry room, after a few months, the mold will die and dry out. You can then use a shop vac and vacuum it out. | | | Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,131 2000 Post Club Member |  2000 Post Club Member Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,131 | The trouble with mold is that it will leave spores behind. I believe that the spores can live a long time even in very dry conditions. Therefore, I think one should really kill it with bleach or some other suitable chemical, and not just dry it out. I also wonder about other aspects of a piano that's been so damp as to grow mold. What might its felts look like? Also, of course, some people are sensitive to mold, and it can cause real health problems for them. | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 147 Full Member | | Full Member Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 147 | Ultra violet light can be used to kill mold.. it is often used in home HVAC systems to prevent mold spores. BUT -- as someone else mentioned-- pianos have many, many parts that are felt. The mold you can actually see would only be the tip of the iceberg I am afraid. Is there a way to get mold out of the felt portions of a piano and remove the odor? | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 17 | You do not need to use any hazardous chemicals. Moulds and other fungi will only grow in damp, humid conditions so if you dry everything out and keep the piano in an acceptably dry, well-ventilated room, that should stop any further growth. Unfortunately, as mentioned above, this will not cure any damage that has already been caused either by fungal growth or the high humidity. As for the spores, you do not have to worry about them. Fungal spores are everywhere, probably on just about every square inch of the planet. However, they will only germinate if the correct conditions are present. Remember, mould is a fungus. Fungi need moisture to germinate and survive. Deprive them of the moisture and they will die or become dormant. | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,983 4000 Post Club Member | | 4000 Post Club Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,983 | When in the antiques business, I would sometimes air out - let the sun get at - books to help with mildew/mold/smell. Page by page sometimes before it happened! And then, still, the smell was always there. Monica...an interesting idea! But saving an old manuscript? Nothing compares. Sorry WB.
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Hmmm.... photocopy them all and throw out the mildewed originals? DUH!! (Why didn't I think of that???) :rolleyes:
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