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“What’s Eating You 2?” Mothmageddon
“If a piano is tuned regularly, a technician will spot any signs of damage. This piano was badly affected because it wasn’t kept in sealed storage so was open to infestation. The piano was so badly damaged that it needed restringing – the moths had destroyed the bearing cloth and hitch pin washers.
“It is possible to fix even such extensive damage by stripping and replacing all soft parts including hammers, dampers, felts, leathers and baizes.”
Marc Hackworthy, piano technician at The Piano Shop Bath recommends regular maintenance to avoid future repairs. He says:
“Regular maintenance of pianos is important, even when they are in storage, but particularly if it isn’t in a specialist sealed piano storage unit. Animals and insects can cause severe damage to pianos quite quickly, but technicians can spot this and work to stop it destroying the piano.”
If you’re worried about the state of a stored piano, have it checked by a professional technician and consider changing how you store it. The Piano Shop Bath offers suitable piano storage facilities in Bath and Bristol, serving Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and all of the South West. Their sealed, climate controlled units provide both short and long-term storage for all pianos. Remember, if left untreated, moths can ruin your piano so take every precaution to avoid a moth infestation!
Warmer climates and central heating are blamed for the increasing numbers of piano-eating moths that are steadily causing damage to the nation’s pianos.
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