A Clean Keyboard

[David Ilvedson]

I clean before I tune and then (hopefully) enough oils come off my 
hands during the tuning reduce the slickness.  You can always 
apply some hairspray...;-]

David I.

On 30 Jan 2003 at 23:21, Jon Page wrote:

> 
> Has anyone come under the disdain of a pianist for removing the 
> grimy-grunge from the key tops before tuning?
> 
> It appears, that I reduced her traction, now the keys are too
> slippery.
> 
> I'm talking about two paper towels being grunge'd from this woman's
> make-up.
> 
> Last time, it wasn't built up enough from the last time I cleaned it,
> so I simply washed my hands after tuning. But this time, it was
> insidious !
> 
> The rest of the house is impeccably clean, spotless; even the vacuum
> trails in the rug are always uniform.
> 
> It's scarey out there...
> 
> Jon
> 
>   PS    The hammer_are_ beat beyond filing on this mid '60's B, 
> but_that_does not seem to be a problem.
> "It sounds fine."
> 
> 
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