of Piano Keys and.... Milk?

[John Formsma]

I wouldn't think so...at all. Who knows how that got started? Maybe
the thinking was that since milk was white, it would help whiten the
keys????

A cloth slightly dampened with water works. Or, Windex on a paper
towel for really dirty plastic keytops. A cloth dampened with a little
rubbing alcohol can clean real ivory keys. Not to mention the Cory
products and probably a host of other things that would get the job
done.

I tend to stick with simple stuff, so it's mostly water or Windex for me.

JF


On 6/30/07, kurt baxter <fortefile at gmail.com> wrote:
> So I was poking around a site advising on the cleaning and care of a piano's
> finish,
> and along with the usual "keep out of direct sunlight" and such, they gave
> the advice
> of cleaning piano keys with fresh milk. I thought this must be a typo, so I
> googled it
> and found that indeed, many places are offering this advice.
>
> I've been able to trace this advice as far back as housekeeping advice in
> the 1930's.
>
> Does this seriously seem like a good idea?? First of all, I would think that
> no matter
> how careful you are, some of the milk in going to seep into the wood at the
> edge of
> the keytop, and multiplied by 88, I can imagine some serious odor issues.
>
> Schubert to the smell of sour milk anyone? No?
>
> And besides that disturbing possibility I am left with the fact that I cant
> imagine any
> real cleaning properties of milk over soap and water.
>
>
> Count me baffled.
>
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