<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=#000000 link=#000000> <DIV><SPAN class=984383220-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=984383220-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=984383220-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=984383220-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=984383220-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=984383220-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=984383220-01032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Annie</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> Porritt, David [mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:42 PM<BR><B>To:</B> annie@allthingspiano.com; Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: piano cover cleaning<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Annie:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">dave<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">____________________</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">David M. Porritt, RPT<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><A href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">dporritt@smu.edu</SPAN></U></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Annie Grieshop<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:53 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Willem Blees; Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: piano cover cleaning<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">What, you never do the laundry at your house, Wim?  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">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.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Annie G.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 5pt 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: blue 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">-----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</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">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. :)<o:p></o:p></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal>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<o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><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<o:p></o:p></P> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_f3bb0158-a515-4e41-8b0e-b39c1e67607a> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">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><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">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><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Thanks!</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Annie Grieshop</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV> <DIV id=u8CA49DCC5C2CBC5-C6C-37CE> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 7.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 7.5pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Supercharge your AIM. 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