Grand Cleaning

[Isaac Sadigursky]

Hi,Mathtew!

I do clean pianos daily and what works for me is:

ELECTROLUX vacuum cleaner with TWO hoses.First,vacuum all possible dust and
junk,then using blower end in one hand and suction end in another hand
proceed and this powerful vacuum will do the trick..Few more precausons   to
keep dust from flying all over customers living room;put damp cloth on
sndbrd around the tail of a grand piano,it works as an arrestor for dust.All
procedure takes less then 20 minutes..Vacuum  is equipped with automatic
cord rewinder,2 hoses,rags,towels are packed in roll-away wheeled luggage
case.good luck.Isaac

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Willem Blees
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:36 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: Grand Cleaning

 

Matthew

 

You've gotten some good advice, but what I have not seen is what I used to
do in St. Louis, and something I am going to start doing for my customer
here in Hawaii. For grands, I take the action home and clean the keys,
vacuum under the keys, tighten the screws and shape the hammers. When I
return to the customer, I vacuum out the action cavity, clean the soundboard
with a damp rag, using a soundboard steel, clean the plate and vacuum the
pin area using a hard bristle paint brush. The most important part of this
is cleaning the soundboard and the pin area because that is what the
customer sees. One other thing I will do is clean the pedals. The salt air
here on the island corrodes most pedals. But all you will have to do is
polish them. It adds a nice touch. It will take about 2 hours to do all of
this, plus a second trip to the customer's house, so price it accordingly. 

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: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at yahoo.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 7:06 am
Subject: Grand Cleaning

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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