<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] finger prints</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> On 12/2/05 3:50 PM, "Wimblees@aol.com" <W= imblees@aol.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>Our older D on stage h= as a lot of hand and finger prints all over the sides of the case. It is loo= king really bad. Even students are complaining. How can I remove them and ma= ke the case look better?   Willem Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician School of Music University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL </BLOCKQUOTE> Hi Wim,     I use the Cory products. Don’t know the brand= names off hand, but there’s a cleaner and a polisher for satin. They = do a nice job of keeping it looking new. Good for removing that black hand g= rease buildup on the top of the rim where singers like to put their hands (a= nd elsewhere), too.     When a case develops a bunch of micro-scratches, a = wool-waxing (0000 steel wool with lubricant, rubbing parallel to the grain) = will bring it back to like new. But you don’t want to do that too ofte= n, as it wears away finish. Maybe every other year or more. Or for a really = special occasion. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico </BODY> </HTML>