Basics Rules of Piano Care

A piano brings a lifetime of enjoyment to you and your family. As you might expect with any investment of this size, a piano requires periodic servicing to provide outstanding performance year after year. But to understand what maintenance is required, it's important to understand the nature of the piano.

How should I care for my piano's wood finish?

As with any piece of fine furniture, keeping drinks off finished wood surfaces is a simple rule always to follow. New piano finishes generally require only occasional cleaning with either a dry or damp cotton cloth. Older piano finishes may benefit from an occasional polishing with a good quality polish, but frequent polishing is not recommended.

How does humidity affect my piano?

Extreme swings from hot to cold or dry to wet are harmful to your piano. Dryness causes the piano's pitch to go flat; moisture makes it go sharp. Repeated swings in relative humidity can cause soundboards to crack or distort. Extreme dryness also can weaken the glue joints that hold the soundboard and other wood portions of the piano together. Moisture may lead to string rust.A piano functions best under fairly consistent conditions which are neither too wet nor dry, optimally at a temperature of 68 degrees F and 42-65 percent relative humidity.

Using an air conditioner in humid summer months and adding a humidifier to your central heating system will reduce the extremes of high and low humidity. Room humidifiers and dehumidifiers, as well as systems designed to be installed inside of pianos will control humidity-related disorders still further.

How can I move my piano?

Piano moving is a specialized art. If you are moving, contact a professional piano moving service. Only this personal know-how to move a piano. Every piano must be padded and secured with care. Your piano is not a usual furniture, and must be move carefully in a special truck, insurance and qualifying personal.

How I must proceed against termite or clothes moth in my piano?

Efficient treatment against termite, one in the international market only exists: gas chamber. Its piano remains in the chamber for the period of one week and the gas penetrates all in the instrument. It prevents the liquid poison, therefore this can damage pins and ropes of the piano, making with that it loses the refining stability. For clothes moth is advisable the use of natural or similar products. It never uses products in dust, therefore these penetrate in the piano action causing damages to the mechanism. It consults superafinado@yahoo.com with on the best place being deposited.