Mechanical Music Digest  Archives
You Are Not Logged In Login/Get New Account
Please Log In. Accounts are free!
Logged In users are granted additional features including a more current version of the Archives and a simplified process for submitting articles.
Home Archives Calendar Gallery Store Links Info
MMD > Archives > June 2007 > 2007.06.08 > 02Prev  Next


Woodworm Infestation and Treatment
By Hans van Oost

More important then the mere fact that your instrument has a woodworm
infestation, is the amount of damage already made by those insects.
This damage cannot be undone, and pieces may have to be replaced or
filled in order to save the instrument.

The next question is how to get rid of any woodworms still active.
In the Netherlands there are many places where you can take your
instrument to have it cleaned.  Most common are firms (sometimes run
by local governments) who are specialized.  These firms have containers
which are filled with wooden things, mostly antique furniture, but
mechanical musical instruments are as welcome as the others.

When a container is full, it is closed, and filled with a woodworm
killing gas.  (Until recently they used a German substance containing
hydrocyanide gas, Zyklon-B, which was infamous during WW2.  Nowadays
they claim to use a more friendly gas to humans (methylene bromide?)).

These treatments are killing any woodworm as far as my judgement goes.
It saved my antique Gavioli organ!

Regards from the Netherlands,
Hans van Oost - Webmaster, KDV
http://www.draaiorgel.org/


(Message sent Fri 8 Jun 2007, 18:19:31 GMT, from time zone GMT+0200.)

Key Words in Subject:  Infestation, Treatment, Woodworm

Home    Archives    Calendar    Gallery    Store    Links    Info   


Enter text below to search the MMD Website with Google



CONTACT FORM: Click HERE to write to the editor, or to post a message about Mechanical Musical Instruments to the MMD

Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are those of the individual authors and may not represent those of the editors. Compilation copyright 1995-2024 by Jody Kravitz.

Please read our Republication Policy before copying information from or creating links to this web site.

Click HERE to contact the webmaster regarding problems with the website.

Please support publication of the MMD by donating online

Please Support Publication of the MMD with your Generous Donation

Pay via PayPal

No PayPal account required

                                     
Translate This Page