piano cover cleaning

[Porritt, David]

Annie:

 

We have some dirty covers but the worst one is also in the worst shape
(torn) and I think replacement is going to be necessary.  I too have
wondered if they could be cleaned but as heavy as they are (ours are the
padded kind) the cleaning expense might be more than replacement.  If
you find out anything from a local cleaner/laundry facility, please let
the rest of us know.

 

dave

 

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David M. Porritt, RPT

dporritt at smu.edu <mailto:dporritt at smu.edu> 

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Annie Grieshop
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:53 PM
To: Willem Blees; Pianotech
Subject: RE: piano cover cleaning

 

What, you never do the laundry at your house, Wim?  

 

Actually, I figured that those who work in/with universities would have
run into this problem, too, as a cover that hits the floor more than
once is likely to need cleaning eventually.  And I wondered whether
those organizations send their covers out for dry cleaning.

 

Annie G.

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Willem Blees [mailto:wimblees at aol.com]
	Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:57 AM
	To: annie at allthingspiano.com; pianotech at ptg.org
	Subject: Re: piano cover cleaning

	For the sake of being careful not to damage the cover even more,
I would suggest you take it to a professional cleaner. And besides, why
are you asking us? We're piano tuner, not dry cleaners. :)

	Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
	Piano Tuner/Technician
	Honolulu, HI
	Author of 
	The Business of Piano Tuning
	available from Potter Press
	www.pianotuning.com

	
	
	-----Original Message-----
	From: Annie Grieshop <annie at allthingspiano.com>
	To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
	Sent: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 5:14 am
	Subject: piano cover cleaning

	Good morning, y'all, and happy "Goodbye February!"  (The first
of March, here in Ioway, looks ickier than the last of February, but
it's still the first of March. <g>)

	 

	A local community center has two grands with quilted cotton duck
covers that have been treated about as you'd expect -- so the covers are
dirty and a great upset to the Powers That Be.  Can they (the covers,
that is) be washed and dried in commercial machines, or do they need to
be dry cleaned?  No one seems to know where the covers were purchased or
from whom or anything else.

	 

	Thanks!

	 

	Annie Grieshop

	
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