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<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Mike Spalding <mike.spalding1@frontier.com><br>
To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 4:24 am<br>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Cleaning cast iron frame<br>
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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Lim, Is the plate in or out of the piano? Do you plan to do anything
to the finish after cleaning?
On 3/8/2012 8:27 PM, lim hock seng wrote:
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> Hi,
> Apologies to ask this basic question again.
> 1. After removing strings from the plate, what is a safe way to clean
> the grease and grim on the plate without scarring it?
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> Thanks!
> Lim
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