Disklavier

Hi Everyone,
Can someone tell me, what it the best thing to use to clean the brass 
pedals? Also, I've seen pedal covers somewhere, does anyone know where 
to get them?
Thanks,
Ann

I believe the pedals have a lacquer clear coating over
the brass - which means it would be a total pain to
clean them.  You would need to remove the clear coating
to get to the brass, and from then on you would
constantly need to polish the brass.  I know I have
seen pianos where the pedals and the brass rods have
turned brown, but I don't think I have seen this on a
Disklavier.

Pedal covers are also a pain because they wear out so
quickly then you always see this torn fabric hanging
off the pedals.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:13 PM
Subject: [disklavier] What do I use to clean the pedals


> Hi Everyone,
> Can someone tell me, what it the best thing to use to
clean the brass
> pedals? Also, I've seen pedal covers somewhere, does
anyone know where
> to get them?
> Thanks,
> Ann
>
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I live on the coast and the pedals look dull, the rest looks fine. If there
is a clear coating on them, any ideas what I should use to clean them or do
you know how I can get the information? I have a Mark III it's about 2 years
old.
 
Thanks,
Ann

-----Original Message-----
From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Carol Beigel
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 2:48 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] What do I use to clean the pedals



I believe the pedals have a lacquer clear coating over
the brass - which means it would be a total pain to
clean them. You would need to remove the clear coating
to get to the brass, and from then on you would
constantly need to polish the brass. I know I have
seen pianos where the pedals and the brass rods have
turned brown, but I don't think I have seen this on a
Disklavier.

Pedal covers are also a pain because they wear out so
quickly then you always see this torn fabric hanging
off the pedals.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message -----
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To: <disklavier@yahoogro <mailto:disklavier%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:13 PM
Subject: [disklavier] What do I use to clean the pedals

> Hi Everyone,
> Can someone tell me, what it the best thing to use to
clean the brass
> pedals? Also, I've seen pedal covers somewhere, does
anyone know where
> to get them?
> Thanks,
> Ann
>
>
>
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Ann Weiser wrote:
> I live on the coast and the pedals look dull, the rest looks fine. If there
> is a clear coating on them, any ideas what I should use to clean them or do
> you know how I can get the information? I have a Mark III it's about 2 years
> old.
>  
Play in just your socks for a while, should shine right up :-)

Ann's right, I play in my socks and my sustain pedal always shines!   
However, that leaves two pedals that really look out of place.  So, I use  Brasso to 
shine them.  Takes just a few minutes about once every other  month.  I've 
been doing that since I got the piano three years ago and they  look great.  I 
also use a tiny bit on a cloth to shine up the lock with no  damage to the 
surrounding surface (though that needs it less often for some  reason).
 
--Tim

I vote for Tim's solution.  I recently acquired an older Mark II which 
looks great but all of the pedals were obviously neglected - dull and 
tarnished.

I spent about 10 minutes using silver polish (only thing I could find) 
and the pedals look twice as good.  Some of the tarnishing is just too 
deep for the extra effort, but given the "five feet away test", they 
look really good.

I didn't encounter any clear coat over the brass.


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, TimSteele@... wrote:
>
> Ann's right, I play in my socks and my sustain pedal always shines!   
> However, that leaves two pedals that really look out of place.  So, I 
use  Brasso to 
> shine them.  Takes just a few minutes about once every other  month.  
I've 
> been doing that since I got the piano three years ago and they  look 
great.  I 
> also use a tiny bit on a cloth to shine up the lock with no  damage 
to the 
> surrounding surface (though that needs it less often for some  
reason).

>  
> --Tim
>