[pianotech] Piano wax anyone?

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Mon Nov 15 17:29:04 MST 2010


How 'bout when the wax in right in the middle of the lid of a nice  
Baldwin grand in satin ebony lacquer - big 'ole wad of candle wax......?

Terry Farrell

On Nov 15, 2010, at 1:30 PM, William Monroe wrote:

> Dittos to both.  Freeze the keys and it should mostly come off, then  
> scrape (I would probably use a medium thickness card scraper) then  
> sand/buff with compounds as necessary to remove any scratches.
>
> William R. Monroe
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:11 AM, John Ross <jrpiano at eastlink.ca>  
> wrote:
> I wouldn't use heat to melt it, that would cause the wax to migrate  
> into the key further.
> Just use a razor blade, and scrape.
> John Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia
>
> On 2010-11-15, at 10:35 AM, toddpianoworks at att.net wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> I've got a client who's spilled candle wax on their keys and didn't  
>> notice it before it hardened.
>>
>> I'll be going over later, but I wanted to see if anyone has had a  
>> similiar scenario.
>>
>> I was going to lightly run a lighter over to melt the wax on the  
>> tops of the keys. Then remove those keys and take a sharp chisel to  
>> the keysticks/frame/bed and just replace the punchings.
>>
>> Does anyone have any other ideas?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Matthew
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>
>
>
>

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