Safety of cleaning dirty pianos

[Tom Dickson]

Hi, Don,

   I live in the southern part of Saskatchewan.  I see lots of older pianos 
from farm homes, etc.

   When we clean these, we use gloves and masks.  As well, we try to exhaust 
our vacuum to the outside, rather than have stuff blowing around in the 
house.  (That's when we can't take certain parts outside.)

   This Hanta stuff is scary, and I like the idea that an ounce of 
prevention is worth a pound of cure.

   Probably your students should have some information about what to look 
for and how to handle it.

2 cents
from
Tom







>From: "Don Mitchell" <dsmitch@pacifier.com>
>Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Safety of cleaning dirty pianos
>Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 15:06:42 -0800
>
>Recently I have received inquiries from piano tuning students as to the
>safety of cleaning pianos.  There have been concerns about the use of DDT
>insecticide to protect pianos from insect larva damage. Also some concerns
>about molds and fungi that might be present in pianos that have been
>neglected for long periods of time.
>
>How concerned should we as technicians be about such things? Should we take
>special precautions when cleaning pianos? How big a threat is the Honta
>Virus found in mouse droppings to the health of piano technicians?
>
>Don Mitchell, Emil Fries School
>
>
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