Extinguishing circumstances

[Allan L. Gilreath, RPT]

Horace,

Thanks for your speedy reply.  I forwarded your message and will try to keep
everyone apprised as I learn more.

Allan
Allan L. Gilreath, RPT
Assistant Director - TEAM20001
July 2001 - Reno, NV
agilreath@mindspring.com
http://www.ptg.org/conv.htm
Director: Laura Olsen, RPT
Assistant Directors: Allan Gilreath, RPT - Gary Neie, RPT - Dale Probst, RPT

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Horace
Greeley
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:28 AM
To: caut@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Extinguishing circumstances



Allan,

Having dealt with the problem a number of times, if the MSDs do not show
the use of corrosive (to piano parts) materials, the biggest problem is the
way the nasty granules get into everything.  In several cases, it was
possible to clean things up well enough with a strong air blast (using my
OSHA-safe nozzle, of course...).  However, in a couple of others, the grit
was sufficiently fine to get into the center pin bushings.  In one case,
the insurance was insufficient to cover much, and we did a "make-play" -
not a recommended procedure.  In another, we were able to simply replace
the parts on the stack, and clean up the tray.  Either way, this turns out
to be not very pretty.

Hmmm - not too sure about "vast amount of knowledge", but I sure like the
"esteemed peers" part.  Anyway, I would certainly be interested in how this
works out.  For my part, if he has questions to post here, please feel
free, or contact me off list.

Best.

Horace



At 12:04 AM 10/24/00 -0400, you wrote:
>List,
>
>I just got a call from a colleague in my chapter.  It seems tat he just
>received the report of fire extinguishers having bee discharged over the
>weekend in a college music department that he services.  He has not been on
>site to examine the damage to 5 or 6 Yamahas of varying vintage and is not
>sure of the chemical compound.  I advised him to document everything, check
>with the fire extinguisher company about a Material Safety Data Sheet for
>the compound and discussed a number of the points to check upon inspection.
>He asked me to post this query to the list in hopes of tapping into the
vast
>amount of knowledge available from our esteemed peers.
>
>Feel free to give me thoughts or reminiscences and I will forward them to
>him.
>
>Hoping to see many of you in Raleigh for the North Carolina Regional
>Conference this weekend.
>
>Also, don't forget to keep an eye for the new information coming out
>regularly on the Institute website (notice the new URL below.)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Allan
>Allan L. Gilreath, RPT
>Assistant Director - TEAM20001
>July 2001 - Reno, NV
>agilreath@mindspring.com
>http://www.ptg.org/conv.htm
>Director: Laura Olsen, RPT
>Assistant Directors: Allan Gilreath, RPT - Gary Neie, RPT - Dale Probst,
RPT