[CAUT] wax on Steinway D

[Susan Kline]

I saw a touchup guy remove smears, and also strap marks, on a new S&S 
D by using fine steel wool wet with slightly diluted Murphy's Oil 
Soap. He rubbed it with long extremely straight strokes, then dried 
it with a towel.

I used the same process on an old D in a church which had been really 
messed up - waxed and then polished with some kind of crud which left 
a sort of matte finish, only not everywhere. Big swoop marks with the 
stuff. It took some work, because the whole case was involved - but 
it ended up looking like a standard pretty good satin finish. It 
started showing fingerprints just like a newer piano, because the 
Murphy's Oil Soap removed the wax and hand grease which had built up, 
but that was minor.

Susan Kline
OSU, Newport Arts Center