Living in Arizona, dust is a way of life. I had my TV for only three months when the lens became covered in dust. The service tech came out and showed me how to clean it off and I know that there were others on the forum with the same problem, so I made a little tutorial on how to remove the dust frmo the projection lense of the JVC 56FN97. Use at your own risk:

http://dktcluff.googlepages.com/jvc56fn97dust

I could use some suggestions on how to safely reach/clean the lens with some sort of extension. Thanks.

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for the tutorial. it will be helpful when I go home today.