I'd vote for fire, but Tom's diagnosis is a lot more fun to imagine! Diane > >The piano was stored upside-down in a basement which flooded? > >Tom Cole > >Mitch Ruth wrote: > > > > Hey List, > > > > I had an interesting call on Saturday and I wanted to see if you wanted >to > > have a little fun with it. > > > > I went out into the hinterlands (not far for me)to a home with an >Everett > > spinet sized piano. I turned out to be an early 50's model with a >bent-key > > direct blow action (I don't know the proper tech term for it.) It was >given > > to this family by "a friend" so that the little girl there might learn >to > > play. > > > > Of course this piano was about 130 cents flat. However I am a hearty >soul, > > who reads his pianotech posts, and will tackle this in stride. Upon > > inspection I discovered that the upper portion of the strings were >ENCASED > > in rust (not just a little corrosion, rust)and the bass windings were >black. > > The plate was a blackish color and the felt was a little gray. >Puzzled I > > looked behind the kick plate and discovered everything normal for this > > piano...no rust, windings,plate, and bridges looked good. The lid on >the > > piano was a little scarred but not badly. there was a small place on >the > > side of the piano that was blistered. > > > > I determined that the piano would be impossible to tune without a > > restringing and I could not recommend restringing this instrument. >After a > > discussion with the parents, I found they could not afford a better > > instrument at this time, so I fixed a few ringing dampers so the piano >could > > at least make noise. While I was doing that, I came up with what I >thought > > was what happened to this piano that created the problem. > > I thought it might be fun to see if you can guess what happened to it. >I > > don't know for sure but I think I've got it down. > > > > Now "It's an Everett" is not an acceptable answer for the purposes of my > > game. The only prize with be the satisfaction of a job well done and >the > > joy of participating in a string that does not include American politics >(By > > the way I hear we are going to change our national motto to "Just Keep > > Counting"). > > > > Have at it > > > > Mitch Ruth > > DeMossville, KY > > > > "Hold on to your dreams, unless you dream of porcupines..." > > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > > http://profiles.msn.com. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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