I've seen everybody talk about razor blades. But a straight bladed pocket knife blade gives much better control. Tanner --- On Fri, 8/6/10, Waldrop, Craig <Craig_Waldrop at baylor.edu> wrote: From: Waldrop, Craig <Craig_Waldrop at baylor.edu> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Cleaning Key sides To: "caut at ptg.org" <caut at ptg.org> Date: Friday, August 6, 2010, 2:56 PM _filtered #yiv756582663 { font-family:Cambria Math;} _filtered #yiv756582663 { font-family:Calibri;} _filtered #yiv756582663 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} #yiv756582663 P.yiv756582663MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE:11pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"sans-serif";} #yiv756582663 LI.yiv756582663MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE:11pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"sans-serif";} #yiv756582663 DIV.yiv756582663MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE:11pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"sans-serif";} #yiv756582663 A:link { COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv756582663 SPAN.yiv756582663MsoHyperlink { COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv756582663 A:visited { COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv756582663 SPAN.yiv756582663MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv756582663 SPAN.yiv756582663EmailStyle17 { COLOR:windowtext;FONT-FAMILY:"serif";} #yiv756582663 .yiv756582663MsoChpDefault { } #yiv756582663 DIV.yiv756582663WordSection1 { } Dave, I employ used single-edged razor blades (that I've used in key-bushing and what-not) as scrapers to remove the gunk off the sides of keys. That way I get a little more use out of dull blades before throwing them away... cw Craig Waldrop, RPT Staff Piano Technician Baylor School of Music 254.710.1723 From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Porritt, David Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 1:25 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] Keys Does anyone have a favorite way to clean this kind of dirt off of keys? I’ve cleaned many like this, but never where I was completely happy with the result. dp _________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT 3024 County Road 2134 Caddo Mills, TX 75135 Phone: 972.423.2198 Cell: 214.587.2925 dporritt at smu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100807/cc174e6b/attachment.htm>
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