Hi Jim, We restore damage like this all the time. In fact, I am in the process of doing three of them right now. It isn't cheap but many of these old pianos, properly restored- are far better than most of the pianos built today. The old Heintzman pianos could really be nice instruments. Steve Grattan Lost Chord Clinic Also cold (and pipes bursting) Michigan ....ready for the heat! ________________________________ From: Jim <jim at jimkinnear.com> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 6:04:54 PM Subject: [pianotech] Fw: Newman pics of piano Dear experts I have a customer who experienced a flood, and one of the victims was their Heintzman upright. As you can see in the pictures, the water went up about 15 inches, and everythin metal has begun to rust, and all wood has begun to disassemble itself. Would anyone recommend restoration, or should we call it a day and find a replacement. The piano before the flood may have been worth $1000 or so. Insurance will be available to replace , but I think that restoration would be prohibitive. Thoughts??? Jim Kinnear Cold ( ant wet ) Ontario Canada -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090124/71d09c9c/attachment.html>
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