[CAUT] fire extinguisher dust

[michelle stranges]

And how 'bout them now shiny keyboards, eh??????

:D

Love,
Finger gunk/fire extinguisher dust removing Queen

--On Wednesday, May 4, 2005 3:25 PM -0400 Don McKechnie 
<dmckech@ithaca.edu> wrote:

> Conrad,
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> Basically a good vacuuming, wiping and polishing the case. I did blow out
> the actions with compressed air.
>
> Don
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> Subject: Re: [CAUT] fire extinguisher dust
> From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@luther.edu>
> Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 09:53:27 -0500
> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
> At 10:36 5/4/2005 -0400, you wrote:
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> Thanks much to everyone for the responses to my fire extinguisher dust
> query. I spent the good part of two days cleaning up two Steinway B's.
> Donning appropriate protective gear of course. We will have to wait and
> see what might happen down the road to these pianos. I'm sure that I did
> not get all the dust no matter how careful I was. The particles are just
> too fine.
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> Hmmmmm... You didn't mention what methods you used.  Low tech and all
> that, but have you tried moving the beasties and a portable air
> compressor outside on a loading dock?
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> My 2¢.
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> Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
> Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
> 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
>
> - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score,
> - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
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