Cleaning keys again

[David Ilvedson]

Really?  You don't blacken the sides of the sharp keys below the sharp itself?

David I.



----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: David Love <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 12:41:01 -0700
Subject: Re: Cleaning keys again

>Lacquering the sides of the keys with clear lacquer seems a pretty radical
>solution that I would not try or recommend.  Putting white or black lacquer
>on the sides key sticks would push me over the edge if it were my piano.

>David Love


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: August 13, 2002 11:20 AM
>Subject: Re: Cleaning keys again


>I use a green "Scotch-Brite" pad and denatured
>alcohol, wearing gloves and a carbon filter mask.
>Then, if the keys still stink, I put a cheap set of
>bushing cauls in the bushing slots, mask off the
>ivories ( 3/4" easy to remove blue tape works great)
>and lacquer them, with either clear or white and black
>lacquer. If the piano will be in an institutional
>setting where poorly raised people will not wash their
>hands before playing ( should be illegal!) I will
>actually spray the keystick with white epoxy gloss,
>which leaves a nice, smooth finish on the sides, to
>easily wipe clean later ( and fully reveal their
>sins!)
>     Thump