In pursuit of a magic elixir for soundboard cleaning... The pianos are in homes, still in service and obviously still strung. Many of these instruments have had only tuning thoughout their service lives, and are each from various places -other- than here originally. And, the soundboards are... nasty. I'm looking for something that is safe to use for cleaning soundboards under these conditions. This type of 'dirty' doesn't respond to simple methods (rags, soundboard steel or Spurlock's cleaning wands. Water (moisture) alone doesn't seem to work, since I need something to cut through the layer of [whatever] to get to the actual dirt beneath. I've experimented with various cleaners. Some, like 'Fantastik' that could possibly work I'm reluctant to use due to the chance of contacting/contaminating the strings. Mineral spirits or lemon oil seem to work -- kinda, but I've only tried them on the perimeters, away from strings. I admit that I have more cleaners and solvents than I've actually tried, including various citrus-based offerings, Simple Green, ENTNT (miracle stuff), and others. I just don't want to be the one who goes up a one-way street on customer-owned goods. Does anyone have a product to recommend under these circumstances? Thanks! Jim Harvey, RPT Greenwood, SC harvey@greenwood.net ________________________ I'm glad it's not my piano! -- Richard Davenport (date unknown)
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