Get the Spurlock soundboard cleaning tools. They work great! Paul Aart in America Piano Services <aartinamerica at optonline.net> Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 03/28/2008 01:24 PM Please respond to Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> To Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> cc Subject Re: Grand Cleaning Hi Paul. Could you recommend a technique for cleaning the soundboard? Thanks, Aart On Mar 28, 2008, at 1:53 PM, Paul T Williams wrote: > > Matthew, > > You'd be suprised at how many folks will pay for cleaning jobs. You > might notice in nicer homes if a cleaning person works there. That's > a good target market. > > Yes, several levels of cleaning works well for me. I always dust off > the piano anyway after a tuning just as a nice gesture. My prices > would vary as to how dirty the piano is, but would offer further > services like polishing pedals, sanitizing keys, cleaning action as > well as keybed, etc. The full monty includes soundboard, full plate, > (even under strings with Q-tips) polishing cabinet, using furnature > markers for covering scratches,keybed, action, damperheads, etc. All > in all, anything you can reach! That does take quite a bit of time. > > Hope this helps. > > Paul > > > > Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at yahoo.com> > Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org > > 03/28/2008 12:22 PM > Please respond to > Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> > > To > pianotech at ptg.org > cc > Subject > Grand Cleaning > > > > > > A client wants me to come over and clean her Kawai grand. This will > be my first, and I was curious as to what kind of service(s) I can > offer her. According to the "G" piano works labor guide, a complete > grand cleaning can take as long as 3.5 hrs. When I talked with my > client, she had only mentioned about cleaning the soundboard, but then > again, she may not realize all the dust that can accumulate in her > keybed, etc. > > What kind of cleaning services do you all offer? Do you offer the > most basic service and go up to the most complete cleaning? When I go > through a car wash, I can pay three bucks, and all they'll do is hose > my car down. Or I can pay more for scrubbing, and even more to get > the wheels done. I just need advice on how to sort this out. 3.5 hrs > sounds like a great service, but I don't know how many clients are > willing to pay that. > > Thanks in advance! > Matthew > > > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080328/41f93d97/attachment.html
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