At 01:31 PM 3/4/2004 -0500, you wrote: >http://tinyurl.com/2oj3z Oof. However, they luckily didn't know how to PROPERLY trash a piano. They've left the keytops, keys, most dampers, strings, soundboard, and outer case alone. They didn't realize that they could have done a lot more damage just by pouring a liter of Coca-Cola in there, soaking everything in sight, and scraping the case parts with a bunch of car keys ... and they could have just tipped it over on its face (BANG) once they were done. Still, condolences. My biggest vandalism effort was for a Mason & Hamlin BB which people had left in a house being completely renovated, down to cement. Everything else was out of the house. The owner was a lawyer, and somebody was mad at him. They took about a gallon of oil-based primer and poured it into the piano, getting it pretty well everywhere. The only saving grace was that they followed it with a quart of paint thinner, which meant it was still wet when I arrived the next day. It was discovered the next morning. I gave it first aid for several hours, and then Bob and Marcia Davis completely rebuilt it, with lovely results. The movers were really mad. I wiped up all the paint on the soundboard that I could get at, but there was more under the plate, and they ruined their blankets and shoes when they tipped it. s
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