Piano basic knowledge of piano maintenance common sense

The piano is a complex and sophisticated instrument, so the user should pay special attention to the piano regularly. Of course, some daily maintenance is also necessary. Some points are put forward for reference.
First, good ventilation
The piano needs a suitable ventilation environment; the best piano room on the wall, note: don't put on the external walls, to prevent external effects of climate change the pitch and timbre of piano. Don't go near the window, because the piano is mostly made of wooden structure, the direct sunlight and the change of the temperature will be adversely affected. The piano should stay away from the heat source, so that the outside and inner parts of the piano can be damaged by hot air, leading to a decrease in acoustic quality.
Two, the impact of environmental conditions on the piano
Suitable temperature and humidity, good ventilation environment are the best condition for piano performance and acoustics quality. In general, relative humidity is at 50— 60% is ideal. Some internal components of the piano, such as wood, cashmere and felt, are very sensitive to the environment. A little carelessness will damage, and we will not be responsible for the quality problems caused by poor maintenance. High humidity and temperature will lead to action, slow motion sound boring, metal rust and key problems. Do not open at the same time during the rainy season or fog. In the dark and humid environment, you can put on the hood to prevent the water molecules in the air from invading. But in the clear weather, please keep the hood dry in time.
Humidity is a problem for the piano, but excessive drying is even worse, especially with the use of air conditioning. The other is the special U in the heating and central air-conditioning in winter when the relative degree of the north room dropped to below 20%, users are advised to tan or placed hardwood humidifier in the piano room to prevent excessive drying (also in the piano to evaporate the water drain tank).
Three, pay attention to the wool insect
The use of piano in the cloth is made of all quality wool after careful processing for Piano use, they play their own unique role, if the protection is not good, it is easy to have the moth, it will cause great damage to the action. Recommended users will be wrapped in gauze tightly after hanging in the action of camphor, on both sides.
Four. Never put items on the top of the piano
The piano on the roof placing heavy objects will produce noise, so in addition to music and metronome, any objects should not be placed in the top of the piano, especially chemical products, will not cover music as art carrier.
Five. Keep clean
Regularly use soft soft cloth to clean the keyboard. Never use alcohol detergent to prevent the keyboard from bursting. Oversea keys is soft cloth stains can be stained with a little soapy water wipe, wipe the case but not in the same way. Pay attention to the habit of playing the harp for net fingers, so that the keyboard is kept clean for a long time. And I played the piano to cover the keyboard cover, shut down the piano keyboard cover, sleeve. The dust will affect the flexibility of movement action system and the noise generated. The user should sweep the dust off the piano with soft cloth or feather, and wipe the piano shell with soft cloth and special cleaning agent.
Regular and necessary care should be taken for the copper hinge and copper mark on the shell. Placed too long, copper products will produce black and green rust phenomenon, a little car wax can be applied to soft cloth, wipe the piano visible copper products can be. As long as the user is diligent in nursing, the bronze products of the piano will always be luxurious and bright.
Piano is a complex and delicate instrument, which needs regular professional nursing. Adjustment and arrangement are the two basic nursing. Tuning is to tighten the strings so that they reach a certain pitch, and each string has a tensile force of about 90 kilograms. Humidity changes after a period of playing and dry room, the strings will become loose, so every year will affect the pitch, piano tuning more than 2 times. Finishing including striking machine, keyboard and pedal system arrangement. Whether the piano has an ideal performance depends on how accurately it is done.