Blue handled mute

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

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We clean piano strings with alcohol after "alternative" performances 
to avoid the caustic effects of sweat/natural-body-oils.  Gets us the 
needed moisture without lingering to cause rust.  When cleaning a 
piano's interior you want to avoid the use of caustic and oily 
substances.  I'd be really cautious about what to use around the 
pinfield.  Plain old furniture polish can ruin a pinblock.  Seems to 
me that something alcohol based would be safest.

Andrew Anderson

At 08:45 AM 2/13/2006, you wrote:
>I'll defer to others on this one.  I generally use a damp cotton 
>cloth, then a dry one.  It seems to work okay.
>
>Dave
>
>In a message dated 2/13/2006 5:20:05 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
>pianotune05@comcast.net writes:
>HI Dave,
>Do you use anything in particular to clean inside the piano besides 
>a vacuum?  Will something like 409 bother strings pins etc?  I find 
>the plate, strings and pins to be quite filthy in pianos.
>Marshall
>
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>From: Piannaman@aol.com
>I have a blue handled mute that I bought from Schaff several years 
>ago.  It's a Papp's mute, made of plastic.  I found it to be 
>useless.  It has disappeared into some black hole in the trunk of my 
>car.  It is not to be confused with the flat handled mutes with the 
>blued steel handle, which work quite well.  After the rubber wears 
>out, you can even use the handle to push a rag around in hard to 
>clean places under the strings near the tuning pins.
>
>Dave Stahl
>
>In a message dated 2/12/2006 10:08:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
>jlfortiner@gmail.com writes:
>I would assume that the "blue handled mute" is really the split black rubber
>mute with the flat blued steel handle coming from the back of the mute.  I
>have about 1/2 a dozen of them.
>
>John Fortiner
>Billings, MT.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Don [mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 5:19 PM
>To: Pianotech List
>Subject: Re: Upgrading.....
>
>Hi Marshall,
>
>
>
>
>Dave Stahl
>
>Dave Stahl Piano Service
>650-224-3560
><http://www.dstahlpiano.net/>http://dstahlpiano.net/


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