<html> <font size=3>At 09:39 PM 09/16/2000 -0600, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite> <br>   Hi all,<br> I tried somthing new today that worked better than the ond way.<br> Working on an old clunker with dirty ( not rusted ) strings my eraser that is used for cleaning strings was not to be found So looking for something to use I grabbed my pounder made out of a bass hammer and a brass 1/4 rod to attach to my combination handle. Using the felt to remove the grime of 75 years was easier than expected. For the strings that were reachable it worked great.<br> It stretched the strings a little and seated them at the same time removing some of the false beats in the upper treble.<br> Joe Goss<br> <br> </blockquote><br> I too tried something the other day.  It occurred to me that those static dust cloths advertised<br> may work well on the sounding board. A fairly clean board produced an impressive amount of<br> dust clinging to the cloth and it was much easier than trying to get a rag around underneath the plate.<br> <br> The two products are "Swiffer" and "Grabber".  I used Swiffer since it came in a convenient sive.<br> (I used one on my car's dashboard as well, long over due.<br> <br> Regards,<br> <br> <br> <br> </font><br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>