Jim, That reminds me of a tee-shirt that I saw recently "eat healthy DIE ANYWAY" ---------- > From: JIMRPT@aol.com > To: harvey@greenwood.net; owner-pianotech@ptg.org; pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Re: Hantavirus > Date: Friday, July 24, 1998 10:46 PM > > Hanatavirus? So?........ now wait a minute don't get upset yet :-) > Yes Hantavirus is a danger, so is tetanus, driving a car, slipping in the > shower and gargling, each of which has caused more deaths than has > Hantavirus in the past five years. > Lets keep things in perspective and not go overboard on precautions against > something that plain ole common sense will take care of, i.e. if you use a > vacuum cleaner to clean out a piano...don't stick your face down in the > vacuums exhaust! Use a brush, and scooper of some descrition, to clean up the > biggest portion of foreign matter and debris found in the piano BEFORE you use > the vacuum cleaner. > Before you turn on the vacumm cleaner, spray/soak the filter with your > disinfectant, wear a mask if you must but.......... the only truly effective > masks will be the Bio Hazard masks which will guard against these little > goobers. I think the number of techs that have these masks and are willing to > change their 37 dollar filters after every use is infinitesimally small. > Keep it in perspective y'all,,,,,, don't allow half way, or halfhearted, > measures make you careless when all that is needed is common sense rather than > a cloud of dust. > Oh and on your next cleanout of an older piano you might want to consider the > prevalance of tuberculosis that was extant when the instrument was made and > the fact that the chances of someone playing and coughing over that piano who > was infected with TB is very good. No problem huh?..... except maybe the fact > that TB spores develop a hard shell covering when exposed to air and if kept > away from sunlight can last many decades in that form............just > something to think about the next time you vacuum the old thing out in a > casual fashion because after all there is no evidence of mice, or meece, > or moose infestation/droppings :-) > Just my opionion. > JIm Bryant (FL)
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