<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>Well, "The Piano Doc" recommends Johnson and Johnson "Scrubbing Bubbles" (in the green can) for filthy old pianos, but this seems more like a specific tar contamination. Were it in my shop, I'd blast it with naptha in a spray gun at high pressure (well, outside of the shop) and scrub everything accessible with brushes, and mop up the mess with paper towels. (Paying special attention, of course, to areas that tar-laden fingers touch most --- like the keyslip.) I believe that the naptha would dissolve the tar, but not hurt anything. And if that didn't work, I'd try mineral spirits. But then leave the piano in a shed or something, 'til the solvent smell was gone. (THEN I'd blast it with ozone.) Best wishes! Thumpe</div></td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_"> <div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif:font-size:10pt"> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"> <hr size="1"> From: johnparham@piano88.com <johnparham@piano88.com>; To: <pianotech@ptg.org>; Subject: Re: [pianotech] Ridding tobacco smell from grand Sent: Tue, Jan 1, 2013 2:42:12 AM <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">David, There is more to the process than just ozone treatment. Ozone is the last step in a more comprehensive approach. Contact the Cory Products website for more information about smoke damage. Dave Swartz has a very good video on the process. -John Parham > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Ridding tobacco smell from grand > From: <a ymailto="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com" href="javascript:return">tnrwim@aol.com</a> > Date: Mon, December 31, 2012 9:28 pm > To: <a ymailto="mailto:dlawson@davidlawsonspianos.com.au" href="javascript:return">dlawson@davidlawsonspianos.com.au</a>, <a ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" href="javascript:return">pianotech@ptg.org</a> > > > David > > Contact a company that does smoke damage from fires. They will put the piano in a room with an ionization process. It is the process eliminates smoke from fires, So I presume it will do the same with cigarette smoke. > > Wim > > >  > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Lawson <<a ymailto="mailto:dlawson@davidlawsonspianos.com.au" href="javascript:return">dlawson@davidlawsonspianos.com.au</a>> > To: pianotech <<a ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" href="javascript:return">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> > Sent: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 3:11 pm > Subject: [pianotech] Ridding tobacco smell from grand > > > Does anyone have a solution to ridding a grand from over powering tobacco > smell? We have just taken delivery of a Kawai GS-50, reconditioned 10 years > ago, and has been in a smokers home ever since. We have cleaned every part > that is possible, with all sorts of chemicals, even painted the underneath, > both rim and soundboard with shellac, all to no avail. The front string pads > are certainly a source of the stink, but how does one clean or disinfect > them without rusting the strings? 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