[pianotech] Lead contamination abatement protocol

[Leslie Bartlett]

When does one go "too far" with this stuff.   I'm old, and spent my life
messing with stuff that now I think will kill if you're within a thousand
miles- and the worst they've done to me is a bad heart valve- which might
have been because my mother was exposed to something toxic when she was a
kid.   I'm not trying to be too flip, but when I see anti bacterial stuff at
the grocery door, and realize I'm one of the "bad people" who don't use such
stuff, it just seems a little much.
Les Bartlett 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Andrew Anderson
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 3:09 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Lead contamination abatement protocol

There has been some disparate discussion of this in the past.  Perhaps  
we could pull together our best procedures on this matter.

The subject is a Wurlitzer from Korea.  Silver dust under the weights  
in the keys on the keybed and keyframe.  Leads are not protruding out  
of the key (yet).

Do you moist wipe off the loose stuff, bag the towels, and than seal  
the lead from the air with some sort of paint/sealer?

Is replacement necessary?

Ideas?

Andrew Anderson