A new kind of wading pool for the kids!

[Mary C. Smith]

Also, I read that Eschenbach (conductor) himself raced to bail out the
piano. I agree that the one-of-a-kind Strads, etc. would have to take
priority. What a weird business.

>According to the Inquirer, most of the musicians were concerned about
>getting their own instruments protected-valuable string instruments that
>would be impossible to replace. Also, the sprinklers on the stage are
>deluge sprinklers, so it sounds like a lot of water came down. The
>kimmel Center just opened several months ago, so obviously all the kinks
>are not out yet-very expensive kinks.
>Dave Forman
>Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
>Ronald E Engle
>Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 2:39 AM
>To: caut@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: A new kind of wading pool for the kids!
>
>When I heard this story on the radio I wondered if anybody even gave the
>piano a thought when this was all going on, and tried to cover it? 
>Typical of the respect our beloved instrument gets.  
>
>I have trouble visualizing several inches on water in the piano.
>Especially on the sound board.  There is no dam on the sound board that
>would raise the water level that high.  The damper guide rail is not
>continuous across the pianoa and are there not holes in the sound board
>where nose bolts go thru?  
>
>Ron Engle
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