Paul, I would recommend wrapping plastic on the pianos in addition to the barrier around the site. Immediately after the construction dust has settled start cleaning the pianos. A disassembling, blow out, scrub down, action/key removal GI style clean-up. This stuff is bad news. Can the pianos be moved out of the area? Is it to late for that? Joel Jones, RPT Madison, WI On May 6, 2010, at 8:59 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: > Make sure they tape shut any heating/air duct in the area. I would > insist on double plastic barriers around the demo site instead of > each piano since the dust continues to spread even after the demo is > done. > Use only Nashua 357 duct tape with the black backing. It sticks to > anything (dirty concrete), is tough and the left over can be used on > stages to tape down wires and such. > Keith Roberts > > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu > > wrote: > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100506/4ab87f37/attachment.htm>
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC