WOW! Whadda story, Joe! Its amazing sometimes what a piano can take!! On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net>wrote: > Jack, > You do run into some interesting stuff, buddy. Here's my take on this > stuff. I bought a Yamaha P-2 that had been in a Gymnasium fire. It was in 2 > feet of water and the roof, afire, fell on the piano. This caused the keys > to combust and also the treble end caught fire. The major amount of damaged > was caused after the piano was extracted, via fork lift, and placed in the > parking lot. Some well meaning soul opened the lid to "let the piano dry/air > out"!!! It rained that night and pretty much trashed the dampers and > expanded the hammers. I had to replace the dampers intoto. The hammers were > salvageable and were simply surfaced. Best sounding Yamama I've heard in > ages!!<G> Nice and mellow tone with nice fundamental!<G> The strings were > sprayed with LPS-1, which dispels water and changes rust to a white powder. > This was done a week after the fire, in the process of taking the piano > COMPLETELY apart so that all parts were able to dry without any influence > from other parts, etc. The short version is: I gave it to my daughter 12 > years after the fact, as I didn't feel good about selling it, even tho it > was now better than a new yamama, imho. My daughter has had that piano for > over 20 years with no problems what so ever!! Bottom line: Those Yamamas are > tough Mamas!!! > In your case, I suspect the dampers will need to be replaced, possibly the > strings need to be replaced. However, I'd bet that the pinblock is okay, > once it dries out. I suspect the action will need some major work, but all > worth it and doable, IMHO.<G> BTW, stains don't affect tone, the last time I > checked. <G> > Regards, > Joe > > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) > Captain, Tool Police > Squares R I > > > > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090803/ed34554e/attachment.htm>
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