[pianotech] Cleaning Soundboards

[Dean May]

I also will take the cloth off the plastic core and work it in tight places,
like the bass bridge apron, or the extreme treble section, using something
like my 6" steel ruler to work it along. 

It works really well on 20 year old dust, not so well on 80 year old gunk.

Dean

Dean W May                (812) 235-5272

PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY

Terre Haute IN 47802


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Thomas Cole
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:28 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] 'Re: Cleaning Soundboards

With a modification, it works great. I put a curl in the plastic core 
and use it with just the terry cloth sleeve. The curl forces the end 
down on the soundboard.

Another wrinkle is to insert the wand at the breaks where possible or 
even between the strings to reach the more remote areas of the board.

Then pull it out after a few strokes and clean with the vacuum.

Tom Cole


John Formsma wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com 
> <mailto:deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>> wrote:
>
>     Here is a nice duster Tom Cole recommended on the list some 3
>     years ago:
>     http://www.cleanitsupply.com/p-3779-proflat-duster-75-ung-pfd7g.aspx
>
>
> I've tried this one, and it didn't work well at all ... at least for 
> dirt that has been on the SB for a while. I have two of the above that 
> I will sell cheap. One was tried once or twice, and the other is (I 
> think) still in the packaging. Make offer privately if you're interested. 
>
> -- 
> JF