[CAUT] Dusty times ahead?

[David Stanwood]

Hi Paul,

I had an experience once when a small amount plaster dust in the room 
caused the flat dampers to become noisy.

David Stanwood

>Hi CAUT's!
>
>Recently, our elevator bit the dust. Now we're going to be biting 
>quite a bit of dust as they begin today to jack-hammer out all the 
>elevator stuff, mechanics, and all and install all new stuff.
>
>I'm concerned about concrete dust and piano finishes and bass 
>strings (Mostly).  Does anyone know about this potential reaction 
>between bass strings or finishes with this kind of dust? Has any of 
>your music school buildings suffered this fate?  Should I be running 
>as fast as possible to Lowe's to get plastic paint drop cloth for 
>110 instruments!?
>
>Ear plugs at the ready....This will take about 6-8 weeks to 
>complete, but probably only about 2 weeks of demolition I imagine.
>
>Best,
>
>Paul