Hey, how about those germ killing wands they're selling at Costco... '-] One sweep over the keys and your home free... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Euphonious Thumpe" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 2/3/2009 8:56:27 AM Subject: [pianotech] Cleaning the filth off keysides..... >Scrape the worst off with a razor blade ( wearing ventless goggles, gloves and a >carbon-filter mask with pre-filters ) then wipe the rest off with a scrub pad in >alcohol, or a little soap and water and dry right away with paper towels. ( But watch >out for some kinds of alcohol on some kinds of keytops --- will dissolve! ) > But if you're doing a major rebuilding job, you can quickly dunk the keys in a >toolbox filled with Super-Clean (TM ), scrub with Scotch-Brite (TM ) rinse, and dryon >a rack ( out of the sun! ) and they'll get VERY clean, with no substantial problems! ( >Get the bushings out while they're wet, too, and put in your Spurlock bushing-sizing >cauls, but tack town the keybuttons with brads, first, to keep them from coming >loose. ) >Euphonious Thumpe >> > >> Even if >> they >> > aren't the one playing, they >> > can see that it should be easier for little Johnny >> or Mary >> > to perform on clean >> > keys. Most of the time, on my next visit, the keys >> are >> > clean. >> > >> > My question is this: do most high skilled pianists >> prefer >> > a smooth shiny >> > keyboard, or one that has an ivory, sanded type >> surface? >> > Not sure if I've >> > asked the question properly. When I've >> steelwooled key >> > tops to get them >> > smooth , plastic or ivory, there is this feel >> I'm >> > trying to describe. If it's plastic >> > for sure, I will buff to high gloss. >I don't like the "plasticky" feel. I've buffed some keys with super-fine-steel wool and >preferred it, but maybe the customer wouldn't. ( Take some sample keytops, treated >different ways. ) >Should they be >> left >> > somewhere a little >> > before the gloss appears ?? Pretty hard to do, I >> think. >Buff with super-fine steel wool and then wax? Maybe that would create the "feel" >you want. >> > >> > Carl / Winnipeg >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ >> > Windows Liveâ¢: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways >> to >> > connect. >> > >> http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_012009 >
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