[pianotech] Hurricane salvage

[Ron Nossaman]

I talked to my pal (and hero) Isaac Sadigursky for a while last night, 
and he pointed out something he thought ought to be mentioned on the 
list. Isaac is an even worse, but much better organized pack rat them I 
am, though we've been packing rats for about the same amount of time. 
Anyway, his observation was that a whole lot of otherwise unobtainable 
and still quite usable piano parts are about to find themselves in 
landfills in the northeast as water damaged pianos are condemned and 
disposed of. Lid props and music desks, hinges, action brackets, 
sostenutos, lyre sticks and pedals, nose bolt nuts, shift levers and 
such, and a half ton of brass in agraffes alone, are on their way to 
extinction. So for any of you up in that area who will be dealing with 
the piano side of that mess, this could be a good chance to archive some 
rare and increasingly more difficult to get parts.

Ron N