Do You Need to Disinfect the Keys on Your Piano?

Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I'm Robert Estrin. And we had a viewer question asking, "Do you need to disinfect the keys in your piano?" And this is a very timely subject with all kinds of health scares going around. You think about this. Let's say you're a piano teacher and you have 30 students come into your studio every week playing your piano, one student after the next, after the next, after the next. Can germs live on piano keys?

Absolutely. There's no reason why they can't. I would say it's a very good idea to clean your keys. So the question is, how do you disinfect the keys in your piano? Well, what's important is not to really get them wet. Why? Because your keys, even though the tops may be ivory or plastic, they are wooden on the side. If they get wet, the wood will absorb the moisture. It could expand the key tops so the ivories could fall off. So you really want to be careful.

So one of the best ways to clean your keys while sterilizing them is using a high solution of alcohol. That is to say not just your regular 70% rubbing alcohol, but look for something like 90%. That way it evaporates extremely quickly, much faster than water will, and faster than even 70% alcohol. Just take it on a paper towel or swabs of cotton, just slightly damp and go through all the keys of your piano.

Now you could also just use little Clorox wipes and I'm sure that would do the job for you okay. The benefit of the alcohol is it evaporates quickly, so you're not likely to do any damage to your piano, but of course, if you have 30 students, you might not have the time to go through meticulously between every student. So something is better than nothing, right?

So, I would recommend as a precaution, right now it's a very good idea to avoid the risk of transferring infection, particularly if you have a large teaching studio. Very good idea for you. Thanks for the good questions. I love these. Again, I'm Robert Estrin, LivingPianos.com, your online piano store. And you know the drill, you can subscribe if you haven't already, and you'll see lots more videos coming your way. Thanks for joining me.

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