Safety of cleaning dirty pianos

[Don]

Hi Tom,

Maken that an ounce of protection is worth a pound of *DEAD* and I'll sign on!

At 01:02 AM 2/24/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi, Don,
>
>   I live in the southern part of Saskatchewan.  I see lots of older pianos 
>from farm homes, etc.
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>   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.)
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>   This Hanta stuff is scary, and I like the idea that an ounce of 
>prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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>   Probably your students should have some information about what to look 
>for and how to handle it.
>
>2 cents
>from
>Tom
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>>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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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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