I had a similar discovery a while back, but it turned out a bit better. I found 6 silver bars under the plate on a grand piano, over $1,400 worth. The owner had inherited the piano from his recently deceased father. He knew that his father had some silver hidden away, but hadn't been able to find it. Talk about becoming an instant hero. The piano was still in the family home and hadn't been moved yet, or they would have probably fallen out on their own. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob & Helen Goodale To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 3:10 PM Subject: [pianotech] Holy Crap it's CRAP! Here's a new one... There is a commercial recording studio here that I periodically work for. They have a beautiful Kawai GS-100, probably among the best top 10 pianos extant in Southern Nevada. They are currently working on a project and called me in yesterday for tuning. Late last night I received a call from the manager saying that there was a buzz in the piano and it was interfering with the recording. I came in and checked all the typical buzz sources - lock, hinges, lid prop, plate bolts, trap work, sound board buttons, and so on. I could not find any problem that would make the buzz go away. Next I pulled out my handy Spurlock sound board sweeper hoping to find a paper clip. I started at the tail and worked my way forward, raking every accessible corner. All I was pulling out were dust bunnies. Finally I got to the treble section and was about to give up when I heard something scrap along the sound board as I swept past it. BINGO! I knew I had found the cause but what could it be? It seemed to roll around so it was difficult to pull it into view. HOLY CRAP, IT"S CRAP! That's right, three little jewels. I immediately laughed out loud causing the manager and the pianist to run in to see what I had found. "It's cat Sh*#!!" (a pause...) "Oh no it ain't, that's dog Sh*#!!" The pianist quickly turned irate, they immediately knew it's origin. It seems that a while back they were working with a guy who was a real jerk and they ended up having to throw him out. He had three little dogs and he apparently PUT that in there for his personal revenge! It was the only way it could have happened. It had turned rock-hard and was dancing around on the board. I immediately became a hero, (after it had hit the fan). Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091029/c6946587/attachment-0001.htm>
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