Safety of cleaning dirty pianos

[Elwood Doss, Jr.]

Hey Norm,
I'm on your side on this issue.  I paid the $269 for mine and am sure glad I did.  The filter chambers will hold a lot of stuff and still keep filtering.  Pricey, but worth it IMHO.
Elwood

Elwood Doss, Jr.
Piano Technician/Technical Director
Music Department
University of Tennessee at Martin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norman Barrett" <nbarrett@midsouth.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: Safety of cleaning dirty pianos


> 3M has a "Service Vacuum Cleaner" that is a help in a situation where there are mouse leavings. It is quite pricey as in the Jenson catalog the part # is 251-497 and the price is $269.00. It is a vacuum cleaner that is copier toner safe and I am told that copier toner will go through most vacuum bags freely. I am thankful that I got mine when I worked for IBM for cleaning machines and was allowed to keep when I retired.
> 
> Norm Barrett
> Memphis chapter PTG
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Mitchell" <dsmitch@pacifier.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 5:06 PM
> Subject: Safety of cleaning dirty pianos
> 
> 
> > 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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