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<DIV>I presume a lot of the damage is to arms and sides of the piano, where they get run into a wall. A suggestion I would like to make is to cover the corners and edges of the piano with metal piping. (quarter round <SPAN class=correction id="">stuff</SPAN> you would put on stairs). or even <SPAN class=correction id="">plastic</SPAN> piping that you can put on the <SPAN class=correction id="">corner</SPAN> of a wall in your home. If the edges are <SPAN class=correction id="">protected</SPAN>, it will keep the <SPAN class=correction id="">veneer</SPAN> in place. That would be a lot cheaper than refinishing or repairing the piano. </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=correction id="">Wim</SPAN><BR>Willem <SPAN class=correction id="">Blees</SPAN>, <SPAN class=correction id="">RPT</SPAN><BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama<BR>Tuscaloosa, <SPAN class=correction id="">AL</SPAN> USA</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV> <BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Leslie Bartlett <<SPAN class=correction id="">l-bartlett</SPAN>@sbcglobal.net><BR>To: caut@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 20:56:16 -0500<BR>Subject: [CAUT] Particle board pianos<BR><BR>
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particle board, and many of them are getting banged up, some only a year o<SPAN class=correction id="">r<BR>t</SPAN>wo old. The district folks will NOT pay to have a real finish person come
and fix the damage. It would be thousands of dollars of course. Should I
recommend to them, to the teachers, perhaps, to keep a can of <SPAN class=correction id="">verathane</SPAN>
around and at least cover the exposed particle board, lest some kind spill
water or worse on places and the piano simply start to swell?
thanks
les <SPAN class=correction id="">bartlett</SPAN>
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