Complete Grand cleaning

[Thomas Cole]

Noah,

Although soundboard steels are very traditional, I've long since changed 
to a flat dusting wand which takes washable/replaceable cleaning 
sleeves. Very fast. Use it dry. Example:

http://www.cleanitsupply.com/p-1120-proflat-duster-75.aspx

It helps if you can remove the lid to insert the wand from the bass end. 
Kawai lids are heavy so you may need some help with that. The wand will 
pick up a lot of the dust which you can periodically clean off with a 
vacuum. Cleaning up toward the treble end, you can insert the wand at 
the breaks to get extra reach. But the high treble takes a smaller tool 
such as Bill Spurlock's. Clean under the plate, too. It helps to curl 
the plastic wand a little to bear down more on the board.

Once you loosen and remove all the dust on the soundboard that you can, 
plus vacuum out tuning pin area (with the help of a paint brush) and the 
action cavity, you can (discreetly) blow out the remaining dust with the 
vacuum hose hooked up as a blower.

Yes, polish the brass, but only the name on the  fallboard, the lid lock 
hardware, and the pedals. The hinges were polished and finished with 
lacquer at the factory and should be left alone.

Cory Super High Gloss and a flannel cloth cleans the case.

Time for a full cleaning: 3.50 hours, according to Joe Garrett.

Standard ballpark fee: multiply by your hourly rate, but it takes me 
longer if there's a game going on ;-)

Tom Cole


Noah Haverkamp wrote:

>Hello all. I have a prospect to clean a Kawai Grand. Besides
>vacuuming everywhere, removing the action, dusting, polishing the
>case, cleaning the soundboard with the soundboard steel, what else
>can i do? can't you clean the sounboard and plate w/ a vinegar/water
>solution? Is there a good reference how-to for this whole cleaning
>procedure or is it a quick explanation? (i don't expect anyone to
>take too much of their time if unnecessary. ) Also, what is the
>estimated time? and what is a standard ballpark fee?
>I should probably polish the brass parts right?
>-Noah
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