Rob Stuart-Vail wrote: > > Well, I'm sending this again, because the responses so far have ranged from > "how do you get rid of smoke odor" to "here's how to clean it if it's in your > shop" (kitty litter, etc.).....right on down to "how to keep it clean once > you've got it clean" (string covers, etc.) > > I'm beginning to feel that everybody wants to ignore the problem (like I've > pretty much been doing. > > Rob > > ---------- > From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org on behalf of Rob Stuart-Vail > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 1997 8:40 AM > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Subject: cleaning > > 'Bout time we started talking about how to keep pianos clean. I haven't seen > much of this on the list, and despite years in the business, I still avoid > getting down to it unless forced into it. > > Specifically, > > dirt, stains, etc. on the plate web around the pins > soundboard grime > mildew on the damper heads > > Maybe we could start with those three things. When I ask my colleagues how > they handle this, the general reaction is " Duh............." (And I'm the > same way about it). > > I don't like the idea of anything wet going around the pins, though I have > heard people talk about soap, hair dryers, etc..... > > Same goes for the strings, so getting the crud off the damper heads without > pulling the dampers out, is a problem. > > Soundboard? I use a tack cloth, pushed around by two sb "steels" taped > together. I've seen the "tiger?" cleaner, which was a fleece-covered item > that purported to do the job - anybody using that? > > Can we go on? > > Rob Rob, I haven't heard of anybody bragging about how they really cleaned up a badly smoke damaged piano. If it's thoroughly polluted, you pretty much have to live with it or use the procedures that work *sort of*,or find some pigeon to take it off your hands or tip it off the truck at the dump! Or refelt everything. Give them the choices and let them choose. Warren -- 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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