<WBR>Dave<br> <br> The piano will never be completely odor free, especially on the insides. She can scrub down the outside with Murphy's Oil Soap. For the inside, spray it liberally with Fabreeze. As I said, the smoke smell cannot be removed from the felts, but it will cover it up enough to be acceptable. <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> 808-349-2943<br> www.bleespiano.com<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Jean and David Weiss <djweiss@ntelos.net><br> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 8:26 am<br> Subject: Smokey piano<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7> <STYLE> @#AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} #AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}#AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 a:link,#AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;}#AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#AOLMsgPart_2_200c5a9f-5f8e-4d50-9616-3c6e54b1cff7 div.Section1 {page:Section1;}</STYLE> <div class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal>I just received a call from a client who recently bought a used piano that had lived in a house with cigarette smokers.  She says the piano still smell like cigarette smoke and would like it to be odor free.</div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal>Any suggestions on how to get the smell out. </div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal>Thanks,</div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal>David Weiss</div> </div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </SPAN></div> </div> </div> <div id='u8CAC0962D87C9E5-3E0-3' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">The Famous, the Infamous, the Lame - in your browser. <A title="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" href="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" target="_blank">Get the TMZ Toolbar Now</A>!</FONT> </div>