Thanks for everyone's feedback.

I tried the vacuum and it worked !! Sigh .. what a relief. I'm still worried it might affect the accoustics tho.

As for Adrian's comment about wife seeing me use the vacuum ... too late for that. I do all the vacuuming in the house !

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