Can I use pledge to clean my piano?

Don t use Pledge or any other furniture polish on the piano. It can damage the wood and soften the finish if overused. Never dust or clean the inside of your piano. The dust can settle on the strings causing internal problems to your piano.

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A piano can last generations with the proper care and maintenance. Here are some helpful tips to ensure the survival of your piano:

DO's For Cleaning Your Piano

To dust your piano is to use a feather duster first then wipe with a soft, damp cotton cloth, wiping in the direction of the grain. Finally, wipe up any excess moisture with a similar dry cloth. When cleaning the piano keys, you can do the same thing as above but use separate cloths for the black and the white keys. A keyboard should be clean and covered to prevent dust and turning of the keys yellow. Just wipe the key-tops with a slightly damp cloth and dry them immediately.

DO NOT's For Cleaning Your Piano

Don�t use Pledge or any other furniture polish on the piano. It can damage the wood and soften the finish if overused. Never dust or clean the inside of your piano. The dust can settle on the strings causing internal problems to your piano. Never use aerosol spray polished on your piano�s finish. The safest way to remove fingerprints is to wipe with a slightly damp non-abrasive cotton cloth (an old T-shirt works great). Or you can use an emulsion-type, water-based solution according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Other Important Tips

Selecting a piano technician is important so take your time and find someone with the good experience and knowledge. They should know how to tune, regulate and repair your piano. Always ask questions so you can feel comfortable with your piano technician. Using your piano bench to hold music is always great but be sure not to put too much music in the bench. The bottom will fall out because the lid was pushing down on the music with a result of broken bench. Keep all plants, vases, drinks, or anything to do with liquid off the piano. Any kind of spillage of liquids into the inner mechanism can result in irreversible damage or ruin the finish. Also, don't place objects on your piano unless you use a soft cloth or felt underneath the object so you can prevent scratches. Never place your piano next to outside door or window, heat register, air conditioning vent, radiators, fireplace, or in direct sunlight. By keeping a consistent temperature and humidity level, it will extend the life of your piano. Avoid direct sunlight on your piano can prevent damage and fade of the finish. Use curtains or blinds.

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D Major Banana Man is written in the key of D Major.

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Can you use wd40 on a piano?

Just a tip: do not use WD-40 on a piano action!

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We recently had an upright piano action in our shop that had no movement in the action and had not moved for almost 3 decades! Why? Because the customer, almost 30 years ago, hired a piano technician who decided to use WD-40 as a lubricant on all the piano action center pins. What a bummer for our customer and anyone else who had their piano serviced by a technician who used WD-40 on their piano action. WD-40 is an amazing product but it has caused a lot of damage over the years in the piano world...and, while it worked wonders in the moment, it leaves a residue that takes a lot of work to repair. In pianos, over time, the action center pins become sluggish because they tend to bind up and subjoin the felt bushings in their perspective flange. The best remedy for this natural occurrence is to recenter all the flanges. However, the process is quite pricey and so lubrication is often used as a temporary remedy to free up stickiness and sluggishness. In this particular piano action where WD-40 was used, the customer stated that it worked really well for a short amount of time after the WD-40 was applied and over that short period, the entire action stopped working. WD-40 left an oily residue that attracted dirt and dust and caused the flange felt to harden onto the center pins. This repair was quite a bit of work, as there are hundreds of pins and bushings that had to be repaired.