[CAUT] Dusty times ahead?

[Paul T Williams]

Good luck with yours!

Paul




From:
reggaepass at aol.com
To:
caut at ptg.org
Date:
05/06/2010 11:02 AM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] Dusty times ahead?



Paul and List,

Thanks for this discussion.  We have a construction project starting later 
this month in close proximity to several rooms with pianos.  All of this 
advice will come in handy.   Gotta love the list! 

Alan Eder

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 8:45 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Dusty times ahead?

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 




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