Clean piano

[Brian Lawson]

Get a length of bamboo, as they sell in gardening stores for proping up your
plants, cut it in two along its length (now you have two, sell one to a
fellow tech :) )  it is very flexible as well as stiff.

Also tying a bit of long string to the cloth you're pushing under the string
is helpful to pull it out again if you happen jam it into a corner.

Brian



----- Original Message -----
From: HazenBannister@cs.com
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Sent: 28 February, 2002 05:54 AM
Subject: Clean piano


Hi list,
 I was at a church today for a cleaning,and tuning on a small grand.I used a
yard stick to clean the soundboard,under the strings.It worked a lot better
than a soundboard steel.It is flexible,but stiffer,so you can push a cloth
easier,and a much thicker one.It is also very soft wood,so there's no chance
of scratching the wood.You can also insert it at the treble string break and
cover the whole board.Push the cloth to the top of the treble,and with the
action out,you can remove the cloth with your hand.
Hazen Bannister