Danny, Get a fifty pound bag of cat-litter (the clay granules). Pack the action, keybed,and all the felt you can with the stuff and leave it for about a week.. Use a reversed vacuum or a high pressure hose to blow the granules out afterwards. It ain't perfect, but it gets most of it. Go to an antique store and get some Kotten Klenser and rub all the wood finish with the stuff (it looks like "go-Joe") It will remove all the wax and dirt and get back down to the basic finish. It neutralizes smoke very well! Most of the outside odor is in the wax build-up. If you can't find any (Kotten Klenser), I'll look up the address of the manufacturer for you. You can also clean the keytops with it if they are plastic. It is non-toxic and will not hurt your hands or the finish unless it is already tacky-sticky. Then it takes it down to the bare wood. Give it a mineral spirits wash afterwards. Hope this helps, Warren Danny Moore wrote: > > Rob Stuart-Vail wrote: > > > 'Bout time we started talking about how to keep pianos clean. > > OK Rob, I've got one for you and anyone else who will offer some > insight! daughter does NOT > smoke, mom and dad smoked heavily, so the piano now smells like the > proverbial broken stove. > > Apart from trailering through the local coin op car wash, what can be > done to remove the smoke odor? -- Home of the Humor List Warren D. Fisher fish@communique.net Registered Piano Technician Piano Technicians Guild New Orleans Chapter 701
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