Thanks for the info Paul. Aart On Mar 28, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Paul T Williams wrote: > > 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 -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 7375 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080329/502652fc/attachment.bin
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