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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi,Mathtew!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I do clean pianos daily and what works for
me is:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>ELECTROLUX vacuum cleaner with TWO
hoses.First,vacuum all possible dust and junk,then using blower end in one hand
and suction end in another hand proceed and this powerful vacuum will do the
trick..Few more precausons to keep dust from flying all over
customers living room;put damp cloth on sndbrd around the tail of a grand
piano,it works as an arrestor for dust…All procedure takes less then 20
minutes..Vacuum is equipped with automatic cord rewinder,2
hoses,rags,towels are packed in roll-away wheeled luggage case…good luck…Isaac<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Willem Blees<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 28, 2008 11:36
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Grand Cleaning</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Matthew<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>You've gotten some good advice, but what I have not seen is what I
used to do in St. Louis, and something I am going to start doing for my
customer here in Hawaii. For grands, I take the action home and clean the
keys, vacuum under the keys, tighten the screws and shape the hammers. When I
return to the customer, I vacuum out the action cavity, clean the soundboard
with a damp rag, using a soundboard steel, clean the plate and vacuum the
pin area using a hard bristle paint brush. The most important part of this
is cleaning the soundboard and the pin area because that is what the
customer sees. One other thing I will do is clean the pedals. The salt air
here on the island corrodes most pedals. But all you will have to do is
polish them. It adds a nice touch. It will take about 2 hours to do all of
this, plus a second trip to the customer's house, so price it accordingly. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br>
Piano Tuner/Technician<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Honolulu</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">HI</st1:State></st1:place><br>
Author of <br>
The Business of Piano Tuning<br>
available from Potter Press<br>
www.pianotuning.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks@yahoo.com><br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 7:06 am<br>
Subject: Grand Cleaning<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks in advance!<br>
Matthew<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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