There are other nasties that you can get from mouse poop besides the worst---hantavirus. A few years ago I lost two months of work and coughed up a lot of blood after working on an especially "mousy" piano. THEY ARE DANGEROUS! Thump --- barr8345@bellsouth.net wrote: > Hi Rick, > In regards to vacuuming, most vacuum filters allow > small particles to flow through easily. Jenson Tools > carry 2 service vacuums that can use HEPA filters. > They also carry a 3M Service Vacuum with an optional > fine particle filter (.3-.5 micron). All of these > cleaners are portable. From what I have read on this > list, I would be afraid to vacuum with anything > other than one of these. They are expensive but are > probably worth it. > > Norm Barrett > Memphis Chapter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <richard.ucci@att.net> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 7:29 AM > Subject: Re: Hantavirus- Demousification > > > > Hi People, > > > > This is a very timely subject for me. I have made > arraingments to clean a similarly "moused" piano > next week. I will be refelting the keybed and > tuning. > > > > I was just planning on vacuuming out and wipeing > down with household disinfectant, wearing a mask and > rubber > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash
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