Will do. I'm still hopeful that someone on the list already has the answer, but failing that, I will certainly post whatever I learn elsewhere. My guess is that careful washing and drying (e.g., don't bake 'em) will work just fine, although the sheer size and weight of large covers might keep them from getting thoroughly clean, even in a big industrial washer. Cotton duck (the top layer of these particular covers) gets softer with washing, so it might even improve their flexibility and, hence, ease of handling. We've been talking about locking the covers on the pianos with cables, and someone suggested using the cables to keep the covers off the floor by lifting them into the flyspace. I love the elegance of that solution, 'though I'm not sure it's actually feasible. Annie -----Original Message----- From: Porritt, David [mailto:dporritt at mail.smu.edu] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:42 PM To: annie at allthingspiano.com; Pianotech List Subject: RE: piano cover cleaning Annie: We have some dirty covers but the worst one is also in the worst shape (torn) and I think replacement is going to be necessary. I too have wondered if they could be cleaned but as heavy as they are (ours are the padded kind) the cleaning expense might be more than replacement. If you find out anything from a local cleaner/laundry facility, please let the rest of us know. dave ____________________ David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Annie Grieshop Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:53 PM To: Willem Blees; Pianotech Subject: RE: piano cover cleaning What, you never do the laundry at your house, Wim? Actually, I figured that those who work in/with universities would have run into this problem, too, as a cover that hits the floor more than once is likely to need cleaning eventually. And I wondered whether those organizations send their covers out for dry cleaning. Annie G. -----Original Message----- From: Willem Blees [mailto:wimblees at aol.com] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:57 AM To: annie at allthingspiano.com; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: piano cover cleaning For the sake of being careful not to damage the cover even more, I would suggest you take it to a professional cleaner. And besides, why are you asking us? We're piano tuner, not dry cleaners. :) Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Annie Grieshop <annie at allthingspiano.com> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 5:14 am Subject: piano cover cleaning Good morning, y'all, and happy "Goodbye February!" (The first of March, here in Ioway, looks ickier than the last of February, but it's still the first of March. <g>) A local community center has two grands with quilted cotton duck covers that have been treated about as you'd expect -- so the covers are dirty and a great upset to the Powers That Be. Can they (the covers, that is) be washed and dried in commercial machines, or do they need to be dry cleaned? No one seems to know where the covers were purchased or from whom or anything else. Thanks! Annie Grieshop ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Supercharge your AIM. Get the AIM toolbar for your browser. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080301/d93601e9/attachment.html
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