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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sorry Wim, the target was just too much out in the
open!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>You mean harp/soundboard wasn't brass?
;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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size=3></FONT> </DIV><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><BR>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>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><BR></DIV>
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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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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>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><BR>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT</DIV>
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you please tell me your method for cleaning the plate?</SPAN></DIV>
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