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<style>.hmmessage P{margin:0px;padding:0px}body.hmmessage{FONT-SIZE: 10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma}</style>yeah. Don't leave home without it!<br><br>Terry Peterson<br><br><blockquote><hr>Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:15:49 -0400<br>From: aartinamerica@optonline.net<br>Subject: Re: Grand Cleaning<br>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br><br><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"><style>.ExternalClass .EC_EmailQuote{margin-left:1pt;padding-left:4pt;border-left:#800000 2px solid;}</style>Hi Paul.<br><br>Could you recommend a technique for cleaning the soundboard? <br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Aart<br><br>On Mar 28, 2008, at 1:53 PM, Paul T Williams wrote:<br><br><div class="EC_EmailQuote"><font face="Helvetica" size="-1">Matthew,</font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"> <br><br><font face="Helvetica" size="-1">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. </font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"> <br><br><font face="Helvetica" size="-1">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.</font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"> <br><br><font face="Helvetica" size="-1">Hope this helps.</font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"> <br><br><font face="Helvetica" size="-1">Paul</font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"> <br><br><br><br><font face="Helvetica" size="-2"><b>Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks@yahoo.com></b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="-2"> </font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"><font face="Helvetica" size="-2">Sent by: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"> <br><br><font face="Helvetica" size="-2">03/28/2008 12:22 PM</font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"> <br><font face="Helvetica" size="-2">Please respond to</font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"><font face="Helvetica" size="-2"> Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org></font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"><br><font face="Helvetica" size="-2">To</font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"><font face="Helvetica" size="-2">pianotech@ptg.org</font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"> <br><font face="Helvetica" size="-2">cc</font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"><font face="Helvetica" size="-2">Subject</font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"><font face="Helvetica" size="-2">Grand Cleaning</font></div><div class="EC_EmailQuote"><br><br><br><br><br>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. <br> <br>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. <br> <br>Thanks in advance!<br> Matthew <br><br> <br>Never miss a thing. <font color="#0000ff">Make Yahoo your homepage.</font> <br><br></div></blockquote><br /><hr />How well do you know your celebrity gossip? <a href='http://originals.msn.com/thebigdebate?ocid=T002MSN03N0707A' target='_new'>Talk celebrity smackdowns here.</a></body>
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