Hi again, Great points from all. I just found out that they will be sealing off the areas where they are working much like they did over the past 2 years with asbestos abatement in our ceilings. I didn't find much "stuff" on the pianos around the building when all was said and done. I wouldn't wrap them all up tight as we get very humid in the summer and they're predicting a hotter/muggier than normal summer, which will have the DC bars working overtime until mid September. I guess only time will tell... They all probably need a good cleaning anyway :>) Thanks and stay tuned Paul From: "Paul Milesi, RPT" <paul at pmpiano.com> To: PTG CAUT List <caut at ptg.org> Date: 05/06/2010 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Dusty times ahead? We went through some renovations in February & March of this year. Practice room concrete walls above the drop ceilings were all “leveled” for frame-up with 2x4s for application of soundproofing. Lots of concrete dust and chips of block. I did my best to insist on removing uprights from rooms as work was done, and covering grands with plastic drop cloths. Bottom line, it was a mess, and I’m still finding residual, but no real damage I can see. Of course, none of our pianos in practice rooms had cases or bass strings that I had to worry inordinately about. The concrete dust did not seem to be as insidious as plaster/sheet rock dust, which seems finer to me. Our recital hall stage was also refinished, and pianos had to remain in the room. We taped the plastic closed underneath and tightly around legs as best as possible, but some of the sanding dust still went inside the pianos. Containment is a good idea. It’s probably best if you can be onsite to “supervise” and recommend the best possible protection for the pianos, since workmen are usually under time constraints and need to work as quickly as possible, and their sensibilities regarding the beauty and delicacy of pianos is of necessity less acute than ours. -- Paul Milesi, RPT Staff Piano Technician Howard University Department of Music Washington, DC From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> Reply-To: <caut at ptg.org> Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 08:40:32 -0500 To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org> Subject: [CAUT] Dusty times ahead? 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/a53cdf99/attachment-0001.htm>
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