<WBR>You got me Terry. Related to this, I saw an ad in the St. Louis newspaper a long time ago advertising a piano with a solid cast iron soundboard. <br>
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<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>
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From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><br>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:16 pm<br>
Subject: Re: Grand Cleaning<br>
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<div><FONT face=Arial>Um, not to seem overly critical or picky, but the plate is that hard heavy metal thingee that the strings are tied to. It's the big gold thing you see when you open the lid of the piano. I think that big flat wooden thingee under the strings and under the big heavy metal thingee is called a soundboard or sumptin'.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT face=Arial>Don't think it should be necessary to remove the action to clean the plate - at least not on a grand piano......</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></div>
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To clean the plate, I remove the action, and using a damp rag, dipped in a solution of Mr. Clean (or some other cleaner), and luke warm water, I push the rag from the bass string area to the high treble with a soundboard steel. I take the rag out at the high treble into the action cavity. I do this a number of times, covering all the parts of the soundboard. I rinse the rags for each pass. When I get done, I vacuum up the dirt in the action cavity. If the lid prop isn't long enough for you to get to the bass end, I use the front rail to prop up the lid. <br>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT</div>
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