A few years ago I got a bunch of folks upset
here by saying I was going to lacquer the keysticks on
a piano I was doing for a church. Besides sealing in
residual odors, I saw this as a way to keep slime,
from dirty fingers, from soaking into the wood on the
white key sides. It worked beautifully ( wipes right
off ) so now I am thinking of doing it again, but this
time on a Steinway grand that was in a hippie commune
and really, really stinks. ( Cigarettes and pets,
mostly. ) I'll do everything I can to get rid of the
odor such as sanding the wood, ozonating them in a
sealed box, etc., but I suspect they'll still be
stinky, so I want to lacquer them. Does anyone here
have a good mechanical reason why I oughtn't.
Thanks!
G
P.S. It's also a nice way to seal the leads, so they
oxidize less and are inhaled as dust, less.
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