<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=234462315-05032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Ah, a definitive answer -- just what I've been waiting for!  Thanks, Mike.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=234462315-05032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=234462315-05032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>If Jansen says don't do it, then that's exactly what I'll tell the customer.  Shake or vacuum it is.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=234462315-05032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=234462315-05032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks again.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=234462315-05032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=234462315-05032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Annie</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Michael Magness [mailto:IFixPianos@yahoo.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:14 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List; caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] piano cover cleaning<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>I just ran across the posts from a few days ago about cleaning/washing piano covers. In the inimitible words of Elmer Fudd be vewwy vewwy careful! I have 2 instances where the covers were washed by well meaning people and they both faded and shrunk terribly! Hot water is definetly out!</DIV> <DIV>In case number one it was one of the older brown duck covers and it was filthy from years of being in a school, high school, so the vocal instructor took it home and washed it in hot water to help get the stains out. It faded and shrunk to the point that it barely covers the piano and is a light tan now.</DIV> <DIV>The second case was a newer black duck cover in a hotel setting that had something spilled on it so they sent it to the in-house laundry, I'm told  it shrunk and faded so badly they won't use it, I haven't seen it since.</DIV> <DIV>I thought to check with Paul Jansen & Son since they manufacture the covers, their answer is, to NEVER wash or dry clean the covers. Only shake or vacuum them. Washing and or dry cleaning will loosen the lining from the duck in addition to the problems I mentioned above.</DIV> <DIV>Hope that helps,</DIV> <DIV>Mike </DIV> <DIV><BR>-- <BR>We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART?<BR>Michael Magness<BR>Magness Piano Service<BR>608-786-4404<BR><A href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</A><BR>email <A href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</A> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>