From johnferguson@mmnet.com.au Sat Jun 04 17:04:41 2011
Subject:Re: cleaning

Water and a soft cloth.
I get to play several town hall pipe organs and their keys usually get pretty grotty because the hall staff are just not aware of gunk building up on the keys over time. They probably flick a duster over them but don't really clean the keys. To me, playing on grotty keys is like running my fingernails over a blackboard. I've been known to clean every key and stops on an organ before I'll play it.

On my own equipment I just use the same and if they are a plastic type of key, and if they need polishing, I use a soft cloth with Brasso on it, it brings them up like new and also removes light scratches and scuffing from playing too many glissando's. You only need a tiny amount of that stuff and it doesn't leave any residue. I further polish with another soft dry cloth afterwards.

Fergie

----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Brumm
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 5:56 AM
Subject: RE: [CWSG] Re: cleaning


Talent, Inspiration, and Drugs.....not necessarily in that order :)

From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of j a
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 12:30 PM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CWSG] Re: cleaning

I wonder what Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Steve Winwood, Seth Justman, Billy
Powell, Steven Stills, Jackson Browne, etc. etc. used... probably nothing... I
think they just played...

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