Petrof keyslip

[Ron Nossaman]

>Cleaning is not strictly cosmetic.   Moisture and dirt=sludge.

And moisture without dirt=rust. If you have enough moisture to make sludge 
with any amount of dust (dirt, only I rarely see dirt in pianos), the 
problems are a lot more severe than sweeping under the strings and 
vacuuming the action cavity will cure. What do you charge to mop up?


>Get the dust up every service!

And charge them every time?


>I wish I could get grand customers to install the plate covers.   The 
>piano looks like new for years, but then I'd probably just be transferring 
>money from their pocket to my pocket.
>
>David I.

Well, there's the cost of the cover, and you'd have to vacuum the dust off 
of it with every service, charging accordingly, so yea, I suppose so. It's 
true that the covers will indeed keep the inside of a piano, however worn, 
looking like new for a long time - as long as they are installed when the 
piano is new. They are a very good idea. It's a little more difficult a 
sell though, looking at that 40 year accumulation of dust.

Ron N