Blue handled mute

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Hi Andrew,
A little alcohol, just plain alcohol will do the trick?  I'll give it a =
try.  I agree, no furniture polish on a piano.  My wife and used to see =
that when we did more commercial cleaning, bad stuff.
Marshall
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Andrew and Rebeca Anderson=20
  To: Pianotech List=20
  Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 10:43 AM
  Subject: Re: Blue handled mute


  We clean piano strings with alcohol after "alternative" performances =
to avoid the caustic effects of sweat/natural-body-oils.  Gets us the =
needed moisture without lingering to cause rust.  When cleaning a =
piano's interior you want to avoid the use of caustic and oily =
substances.  I'd be really cautious about what to use around the =
pinfield.  Plain old furniture polish can ruin a pinblock.  Seems to me =
that something alcohol based would be safest.  =20

  Andrew Anderson

  At 08:45 AM 2/13/2006, you wrote:

    I'll defer to others on this one.  I generally use a damp cotton =
cloth, then a dry one.  It seems to work okay.
    =20
    Dave=20
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    In a message dated 2/13/2006 5:20:05 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, =
pianotune05@comcast.net writes:

      HI Dave,

      Do you use anything in particular to clean inside the piano =
besides a vacuum?  Will something like 409 bother strings pins etc?  I =
find the plate, strings and pins to be quite filthy in pianos.

      Marshall



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        From: Piannaman@aol.com=20

        I have a blue handled mute that I bought from Schaff several =
years ago.  It's a Papp's mute, made of plastic.  I found it to be =
useless.  It has disappeared into some black hole in the trunk of my =
car.  It is not to be confused with the flat handled mutes with the =
blued steel handle, which work quite well.  After the rubber wears out, =
you can even use the handle to push a rag around in hard to clean places =
under the strings near the tuning pins.



        Dave Stahl



        In a message dated 2/12/2006 10:08:35 P.M. Pacific Standard =
Time, jlfortiner@gmail.com writes:

          I would assume that the "blue handled mute" is really the =
split black rubber

          mute with the flat blued steel handle coming from the back of =
the mute.  I

          have about 1/2 a dozen of them.


          John Fortiner

          Billings, MT. =20


          -----Original Message-----

          From: Don [ mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com]=20

          Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 5:19 PM

          To: Pianotech List

          Subject: Re: Upgrading.....


          Hi Marshall,





    =20
    Dave Stahl

    Dave Stahl Piano Service
    650-224-3560
    http://dstahlpiano.net/=20


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