piano cover cleaning

[Annie Grieshop]

Will do.  I'm still hopeful that someone on the list already has the answer,
but failing that, I will certainly post whatever I learn elsewhere.

My guess is that careful washing and drying (e.g., don't bake 'em) will work
just fine, although the sheer size and weight of large covers might keep
them from getting thoroughly clean, even in a big industrial washer.  Cotton
duck (the top layer of these particular covers) gets softer with washing, so
it might even improve their flexibility and, hence, ease of handling.

We've been talking about locking the covers on the pianos with cables, and
someone suggested using the cables to keep the covers off the floor by
lifting them into the flyspace.  I love the elegance of that solution,
'though I'm not sure it's actually feasible.

Annie
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Porritt, David [mailto:dporritt at mail.smu.edu]
  Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:42 PM
  To: annie at allthingspiano.com; Pianotech List
  Subject: RE: piano cover cleaning


  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



  ____________________

  David M. Porritt, RPT

  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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