Alcohol for Cleaning Keys

[Elian Degen J.]

The experience I had with alcohol is that even though it works fine cleaning
dirt, constant use of this product will rub off the shine of the keys. So
unless you have the means to polish them again is better not to use it.

Elian
----- Original Message -----
From: <LTpianoman@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 5:43 AM
Subject: Alcohol for Cleaning Keys


> List,
> I just read somewhere that cleaning solutions that contain alcohol should
be
> avoided when cleaning piano keys. However, I was taught to clean ivories
with
> pure alcohol, which works great. I tried cleaning plastic tops also with
> straight alcohol and found it to be good for that also. Was I misled or is
> there truth to avoiding alcohol on keys?
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Larry Trischetta, Pocono NE Chapter
>