<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I notice everyone seems to scrape the sides with some sharp implement.  <div><br></div><div>Whenever I do a cleaning under the keys, I always give the keysticks a good cleaning.  The last time I did this the sides were pretty disgusting.  Since I already had a rag with a 6:1 water to white vinegar solution on it (which I use to clean the keytops), I tried it on the sides.  It took just a bit of back and forth rubbing and the junk was gone!  Very quick, and with little effort.  I don't know if it's quicker than scraping, but it worked quickly for me and I didn't have to break stride on the cleaning process.</div><div><br></div><div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Optima; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Optima; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Optima; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Optima; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Optima; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Regards,</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Rob McCall</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">McCall Piano Service, LLC<br><a href="http://www.mccallpiano.com">www.mccallpiano.com</a></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Murrieta, CA</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">951-698-1875<br><br></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span> </div> <br><div><div>On Oct 02, 2011, at 11:00 , Paul T Williams wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Scrape with a razor blade.  Gross to think about what it is, though!</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Paul</font> <br> <br> <br> <br> <table width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">From:</font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">David Boyce <<a href="mailto:David@piano.plus.com">David@piano.plus.com</a>></font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">To:</font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif"><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Date:</font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">10/02/2011 12:04 PM</font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Subject:</font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">[pianotech] Cleaning keystick sides</font></td></tr></tbody></table> <br> <hr noshade=""> <br> <br> <br><font size="3" face="Arial">What do folks prefer, for cleaning the sides of keysticks, when replacing key coverings, or  when key coverings are OK and you just want to clean the sides?<br> <br> Best,<br> <br> David.</font> <br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>