<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=843454818-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>What, you never do the laundry at your house, Wim?  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843454818-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843454818-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843454818-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843454818-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Annie G.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Willem Blees [mailto:wimblees@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:57 AM<BR><B>To:</B> annie@allthingspiano.com; pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: piano cover cleaning<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><WBR>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. :)<BR><BR> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter Press<BR>www.pianotuning.com</DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Annie Grieshop <annie@allthingspiano.com><BR>To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 5:14 am<BR>Subject: piano cover cleaning<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a> <STYLE>@#AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; }#AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}#AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}#AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}#AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}#AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}#AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}#AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}#AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a P { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}#AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial}#AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a DIV.Section1 { page: Section1}</STYLE> <DIV><SPAN class=843420915-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=843420915-01032008>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>)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843420915-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=843420915-01032008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843420915-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=843420915-01032008>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.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843420915-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=843420915-01032008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843420915-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=843420915-01032008>Thanks!</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843420915-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=843420915-01032008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843420915-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=843420915-01032008>Annie Grieshop</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CA49DCC5C2CBC5-C6C-37CE><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Supercharge your AIM. 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