Hi Paul, We just went through this at Ohio Northern University and two years ago at the University of Findlay. What seemed to work best was to wrap the pianos in plastic making sure that you have a little space somewhere down on the bottom where the pianos can "breath". Cover the heating/air conditioning ducts with plastic and also cover the door frames of the rooms with plastic keeping the plastic very tight while you are taping it shut. This worked out well at U of F. They did not cover the doors at Ohio Northern and not only were the pianos covered with dust but the rooms were a mess. (The pianos did survive since they were covered.) Lowes will love your business for all the plastic and tape. May it go well. God bless Bill Balmer, RPT University of Findlay and Ohio Northern University In a message dated 05/06/10 08:40:48 US Eastern Standard Time, pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu writes: 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/20100506/9abe5197/attachment.htm>
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