Soundboard Removal w/ alcohol, BUT NOT ON KEYS !!!!

[gordon stelter]

Dear John,
    "Feces" was both specific and generic. Yes, where
I live the slimy black scum on the wooden sides of the
keys can be 1/16 " thick.
    Since you do not consider it a threat, may I
suggest that you lick it off ?
     Might be tasty and nutritious!
     Thump

P.S. Considering that some of the pianos I service
come from houses that, until recently, had no indoor
plumbing, the composition of this scum is pretty
evident. Also because even about half of the COLLEGE
students here don't wash their hands after wiping
their asses ( or before playing the pianos in the
university practice rooms, which emit a tangible odor
)  one can only imagine the habits of the
less-educated.
    Ridiculing the clean may not be wise. Filthy
people have contributed little to society of lasting
value.


--- John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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