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Re: [disklavier] Best way to polish piano

2006-03-19 by Mark

How about the new microfiber clean and polish cloths? They sell them at 
Costco and some auto parts stores. They work great on a black car. Most 
car finishes are polyester-like finishes. They do not leave lint like a 
T-shirt is prone to.

Carol Beigel wrote:
> The best thing is an old clean T-shirt that is damp
> with a little water.  For tougher marks, you can put a
> little window cleaner, like Windex, on the damp rag.
> If we are talking about the black, shiny finish, that
> is plastic (polyester), and the scratches can be buffed
> out using a very clean buffing wheel.  Yamaha does sell
> a polish like the Cory cleaning products, but this is
> not necessary.
>
> I have seen pianos polished in the shop before delivery
> with something like turtle wax, but the consequences
> have been sometimes disastrous - like some of the
> polish oozing through the lid hinge onto the bass
> strings, or the person using the electric buffing wheel
> going through the finish on the edges.
>
> NEVER use a furniture polish that contains silicon as
> it can migrate into the pinblock where the tuning pins
> could become loose.  I wouldn't even use Old English
> polish!
>
> Carol Beigel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sjhart110110" <sjhart110@...>
> To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 10:47 AM
> Subject: [disklavier] Best way to polish piano
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> > What products work the best on this?  I normally dust
> and use the
> > little cloth they gave me to rub out finger prints,
> etc.  I thought I
> > read that Yamaha actually sells a product to clean
> these?  Thanks for
> > any help!
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