For what it may be worth for this thread, I successfuly cleaned a badly smoke damaged piano with no odor left at all. The method may have overkill but the piano had great sentamental value to the customer. The case parts were cleaned with a product called Butchers Speedball obtained at a janitor supply house. The man there called it the most powerful spray and wipe cleaner available. The piano was restrung so I could pull the plate and refinish the soundboard. That was the only way I know to clean the bass strings and soundboard. The keys cleaned very nicely using fiber glass beads in a sandblasting booth. The action parts would probably have cleaned this way also but when I asked the customer if she wanted all new action parts, she said yes. The labor for this was probably less that blasting each part and reinstalling and regulating. The customer was very satisfied with the job. Wimblees@aol.com wrote: > > The back of the piano can also be washed down with Murphy. Be sure to take > the vacuum to the insides of the piano, under the keys, etc. > > This should get rid of most of the smoke smell. Unfortunately, just like a > piano that was caught in a fire, you'll never get rid of all the smoke smell, > but the above proceedure will get rid of enough if it to make it a little > more acceptable. > Norm Barrett Memphis, TN
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