cleaning keyboards in the dishwasher

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
> The EU RoHS has me in a tizzy because the regulations are beginning to
> mandate that lead be removed from solders used to assemble brass musical
> instruments.  Well, the substitutes don't flow as nicely and it's much
> harder to make a strong joint.  I've seen instruments that have come from
> the top German manufacturers that have cold solder joints.  But a musical
> instrument has a very long life (50 years and longer isn't unusual); the
> solder is well contained and doesn't leach from the joints during use, so
> where is the harm?  We're not talking about mobile phones with an average
> life of less than a year here.  My oldest (and still-played)  tuba dates
> from 1895.

Bismuth-tin solder with high-temperature soldering gear works well 
enough, doesn't it?

Peace...  Sridhar