Do you have a stringed instrument that needs a good dusting that simply playing it won't give? Try this tip.A French architect told me about how one of his more meticulous clients kept her personnel busy dusting every nook and cranny, baseboards included, of her pied-à-terre in Paris with high quality, natural bristle artist's paintbrushes. After having rolled my eyes imagining myself dabbling over my entire apartment and its eclectic contents with post-modern strokes, it occured to me that this is the best way to clean in between the strings of musical instruments. Computer keyboards, too.
I use, however, an ordinary, but soft, virgin housepainter's brush for a wider sweep.
Vocabulary
un pied-à-terre: a small apartment or house kept for occasional use, literally 'foot to earth'
un pinceau: a paintbrush
poils de martre: sable bristles
un instrument à cordes: a stringed instrument
un clavier: a keyboard
un ordinateur: a computer
Text & photos ©2011 P.B. Lecron
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