There are some excellent cleanup instructions on the internet. You can do it yourself, but you need to be careful not to stir up the dust.<br><br>John Ashcraft, RPT<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Conrad Hoffsommer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:choffsommer@hotmail.com">choffsommer@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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...and if you should drop and break one you have to call in a HazMat team for cleanup. Contains Chinese mercury. (all are made in China)<br><br>Conrad Hoffsommer<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:00:08 -0500<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net" target="_blank">rnossaman@cox.net</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Discovery surprise<div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><br>> <br>> On 3/15/2011 10:52 AM, Albert Picknell wrote:<br>> <br>> >Perhaps with the second type the sound<br>> > being emitted is just at the edge of my hearing range, and with the<br>
> > third type the sound is well beyond my hearing range. Just guessing.<br>> <br>> I can't hear them past the tinnitus (cicadas), so it hasn't been a <br>> problem for me. It's the folks washing dishes in the next room that hurts.<br>
> <br>> <br>> > I suspect that with long-term exposure, all of them do damage of some<br>> > kind.<br>> <br>> I wondered about that. At about 30cm, the level had dropped to 60db, so <br>> it seems unlikely. Two hours in the room with the A440 band at the <br>
> Yamaha party, however, doesn't seem to worry any of those in atten-dance <br>> and that feels like damage from way down the hall.<br>> <br>> <br>> > I wonder what dogs hear when they're around these things.<br>
> <br>> That occurred to me too. Then I wondered if they'd work as bat <br>> repellent! I won't put any outside, just in case. I like bats.<br>> Ron N<br> </div></div></div>
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