Piano Cleaning

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Ginny,
Have not responded to this post asI have been thinking on it.
I myself do not change the front or balance rail punchings that often.
Here in the high moutian desert of Idaho the critters do not usually eat
the punchings as they do on more humid areas.
Pianos that are moved here from other areas or over 75 years old are another
matter.
Usually there is enough body left that only a four step approach is needed.
One, careful gathering of the large items ( pictures coins bobby pins and
copious ammounts of lint )
This limits the number of vacuum bags needed >g<  I use the vacuum of the
house whenever it will do a sood job.
Two, initial vacuuming of all keybed area with thin attachment.
Three, brushing down of keybed area to loosen 40 years of grime with #333 on
my site.
This is a stiff brush that one can knock loose most of the solid dirt and
clean the punchings and key end felt.
Four, final vacuming.
I would wonder what the chems would do to the friction, mayby nothing. The
above way only takes 5 minutes not including removan and replacing the keys.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bear, Ginny" <GBear at peacehealth.org>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 9:21 AM
Subject: Piano Cleaning


> I just cleaned my first piano (for pay) yesterday, and although I think
the customer was very satisfied, one thing I tried didn't work very well.
> For cleaning the tuning pin area. I tried to mix up some "dry foam" out of
Ivory soap and water, since I couldn't find any Woolite Carpet Cleaner which
had also been recommended (but I couldn't find).
> It was hard to get much foam, and the foam didn't seem sufficiently "dry"
to me, so I used it very sparingly with a soft brush. It didn't make much of
a difference although I did get some of the accumulated crud off.
> Is Woolite Carpet Cleaner generally available somewhere? And which version
of it- there appear to be several versions per the Woolite website, as I
recall, deep-cleaning and regular were two of the options.
> Thanks,
> Ginny Bear
> Seattle
>
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