Hi Gordon, How do YOU end up with feces on the keys?? I don't remember running into this problem once, cat and mouse pee, a few times. Ok, I have seen some mouse feces, like little grains of rice. Or are you just exaggerating, the fact that someone, didn't wash their hands before playing.? According to you, we should all be dead from some horrible, disease, by not taking the extreme precautions you do. Has any one else mentioned something like this to you? Just wondering, Best regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:53 PM Subject: Re: Soundboard Removal w/ alcohol, BUT NOT ON KEYS !!!! >A "well known", pricey, piano supply company said that > I should scrub down keys with alcohol and an abrasive > pad, to get goo off the sides, saying that using a > razor blade to scrape off the gunk compromised the > keys' dimensional integrity. > BAD IDEA !!!! The alcohol loosened key buttons and, > far worse, also the thin slivers of wood under the > fronts. Now I have REAL mess to deal with !!!!! > I will continue to use razors to scrape feces and > boogers off the key sides, a brass pot brush for the > tops ( while still on the key frame, but NAPTHA and a > scrub pad for the remainder, if needed. > Thump > > > --- Stéphane Collin <collin.s@skynet.be> wrote: > >> Hi Don. >> >> I can't. >> But for me, the good trick to remove a soundboard >> easily is to put the piano upside down (legs in the >> air). You then can easily access the glue joint and >> soak it with alcohol. Then, jumping on the board >> (gently) near the joint will get it loose, and >> neatly. >> >> Best regards. >> >> Stéphane Collin. >> >> (No, don't say this is an absolute nono ! It works >> great.) >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Don Valley >> To: pianotech@ptg.org >> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:59 PM >> Subject: Soundboard Removal >> >> >> Could someone identify the somewhat recent issue >> of the Journal having the article pertaining >> to removing a soundboard using alcohol. For some >> reason, I cannot seem to locate it. >> Don Valley > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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