Disinfecting Piano: ( Sorry Bill, but "bleach" might not be such a good idea.)

[Euphonious Thumpe]

No way, not at all powerful enough. You need an INDUSTRIAL grade generator, in an enclosed space, for any effect, at all.


Euphonious Thumpe


--- On Wed, 9/17/08, Greg Newell <gnewell at ameritech.net> wrote:

> From: Greg Newell <gnewell at ameritech.net>
> Subject: RE: Disinfecting Piano: ( Sorry Bill, but "bleach" might not be such a good idea.)
> To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 12:17 AM
> Towards this end a company called The Sharper Image used to
> sell an air
> cleaner product called the Ionic Breeze. Since it uses this
> ultraviolet
> light and produces (as a byproduct) ozone, I wonder if it
> would do well on
> pianos with either water or smoke damage. Just a thought.
> 
> Greg Newell
> Greg's Piano Forté
> www.gregspianoforte.com
> 216-226-3791 (office)
> 216-470-8634 (mobile)
> 
> I am wondering if anyone has tried exposing a piano like
> this to Ultra 
> Violet C light. It would not clean at all but it is
> supposed to kill all 
> bacteria and virus and odors. Portable wands are available
> that would be 
> easy to use for this purpose and it should make it safer to
> clean the 
> piano if the viruses were inactivated.