<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1543" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is the oil in the butter fat that loosens up the grime.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whole milk might be better than 1%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Only a damp rag should be used. Not one a sopping,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> that allows the milk to run down the key sides.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are other cleaners available now that work better,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But I still reccomend it for IVORY to my customers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fortefile@gmail.com href="mailto:fortefile@gmail.com">kurt baxter</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 30, 2007 9:00 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> of Piano Keys and.... Milk?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>So I was poking around a site advising on the cleaning and care of a piano's finish,<BR>and along with the usual "keep out of direct sunlight" and such, they gave the advice<BR>of cleaning piano keys with fresh milk. I thought this must be a typo, so I googled it <BR>and found that indeed, many places are offering this advice. <BR><BR>I've been able to trace this advice as far back as housekeeping advice in the 1930's.<BR><BR>Does this seriously seem like a good idea?? First of all, I would think that no matter <BR>how careful you are, some of the milk in going to seep into the wood at the edge of<BR>the keytop, and multiplied by 88, I can imagine some serious odor issues. <BR><BR>Schubert to the smell of sour milk anyone? No? <BR><BR>And besides that disturbing possibility I am left with the fact that I cant imagine any<BR>real cleaning properties of milk over soap and water.<BR><BR><BR>Count me baffled.<BR><BR><BR>   [k]<BR>    u<BR>    r<BR>    t <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>