Safety of cleaning dirty pianos

[Tom Dickson]

Hi, Don,








>From: Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
>Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: Safety of cleaning dirty pianos
>Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 20:10:09
>
>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.
> >
> >   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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>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>
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