Geoff,
I would not touch it with Windex. Yamaha Australia should know better. They don’t care once the piano is sold.
I have a C3 Disclavier and the only way I keep it clean is by using a damp Chamois when it is needed.
All other times I just use a microfiber cloth.
My piano came with some Yamaha Polish but it was too hard to use & I only used it once. The damp Chamois does the same job.
I live on the Gold Coast, Australia.
Cheers,
Bill Schumacher
From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: 07 December 2014 12:20
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [disklavier] Products for Cleaning Ebony Disklavier
I was told by Yamaha Australia to use Windex (an ammonia-based window cleaner), but not on the keys as they tend to acquire a blue tinge from the colour of the cleaner. Whether it would be safe to use a colourless window cleaner on the keys, I do not know.
Kind regards
;
Geoff Ward
From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, 7 December 2014 5:23 AM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] Products for Cleaning Ebony Disklavier
Any recommendations on how clean / polish up an ebony color Disklavier?
I’ve searched this forum and have read comments about using Windex for light cleaning or an automotive polishing product for polyester such as Meguiars.
I suspect that over the years my Disklavier has accumulated a very light film of grease from cooking, etc.
Any thoughts and/or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks . . . / Robert
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Re: [disklavier] Products for Cleaning Ebony Disklavier
2014-12-08 by Glenn Smutny
My Yamaha dealer here in Chicago (Downers Grove) recommended I use a car polish available here in the US called Meguiar's Quick Mist and Wipe Detailer. It sprays on like a "thick" windex and I wipe it off in a polishing motion with a microfiber cloth. I have been doing this for 10 full years now on my Mark IV and I believe my piano looks as good today as it did the day I purchased it. I do not directly use it on the keys, but I do use the same cloth on the keys that I cleaned the piano with. But as Bill B. mentioned, being Polyester, it's a pretty tough finish. I can't imagine an occasional Windexing would cause too much of a problem. Especially if you had been using a light wax on it like the Meguiar's.
Glenn
On Dec 7, 2014, at 7:18 PM, 'Bill Schumacher' schuie41@... [disklavier] wrote: