Grand Cleaning

[Aart in America Piano Services]

Thanks for the info Paul.
Aart

On Mar 28, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Paul T Williams wrote:

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> Get the Spurlock soundboard cleaning tools.  They work great!
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> Paul
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> Aart in America Piano Services <aartinamerica at optonline.net>
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> 03/28/2008 01:24 PM
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> Hi Paul.
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>  Could you recommend a technique for cleaning the soundboard?
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>  Thanks,
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>  Aart
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>  On Mar 28, 2008, at 1:53 PM, Paul T Williams wrote:
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>  >
>  > Matthew,
>  >
>  > You'd be suprised at how many folks will pay for cleaning jobs.  You
>  > might notice in nicer homes if a cleaning person works there. 
>  That's
>  > a good target market.  
>  >
>  > Yes, several levels of cleaning works well for me.  I always dust 
> off
>  > the piano anyway after a tuning just as a nice gesture.  My prices
>  > would vary as to how dirty the piano is, but would offer further
>  > services like polishing pedals, sanitizing keys, cleaning action as
>  > well as keybed, etc.  The full monty includes soundboard, full 
> plate,
>  > (even under strings with Q-tips) polishing cabinet, using furnature
>  > markers for covering scratches,keybed, action, damperheads, etc. 
>  All
>  > in all, anything you can reach! That does take quite a bit of time.
>  >
>  > Hope this helps.
>  >
>  > Paul
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at yahoo.com>
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>  > 03/28/2008 12:22 PM
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>  > A client wants me to come over and clean her Kawai grand.  This will
>  > be my first, and I was curious as to what kind of service(s) I can
>  > offer her.  According to the "G" piano works labor guide, a complete
>  > grand cleaning can take as long as 3.5 hrs.  When I talked with my
>  > client, she had only mentioned about cleaning the soundboard, but 
> then
>  > again, she may not realize all the dust that can accumulate in her
>  > keybed, etc.
>  >  
>  > What kind of cleaning services do you all offer?  Do you offer the
>  > most basic service and go up to the most complete cleaning?  When I 
> go
>  > through a car wash, I can pay three bucks, and all they'll do is 
> hose
>  > my car down.  Or I can pay more for scrubbing, and even more to get
>  > the wheels done.  I just need advice on how to sort this out.  3.5 
> hrs
>  > sounds like a great service, but I don't know how many clients are
>  > willing to pay that.
>  >  
>  > Thanks in advance!
>  >  Matthew
>  >
>  >  
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