<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/4/2003 9:03:31 AM Central Standard Time, algiers_= piano@bellsouth.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Anyone have any advice about removing dry chem= icals from a piano? We <BR>apparently had a fire extinguisher sprayed around= the choir room at <BR>Tulane last night, including the D. It's not wet,&nbs= p; it's the yellow <BR>powder kind. Suggestions welcome,<BR>-- <BR>----Dave<= /FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Is the university self insured? If not, you might be able to negotiate = for a new piano. From what I understand the chemicals in fire extinguishers = are pretty caustic, and will corrode the string, pins, center pins, it gets = into all the felts, etc. In order to get the piano back into performance con= dition, it would need to be completely rebuilt. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When the D on our stage was vandalized, we were able to convince the in= surance adjuster that there was no guarantee that the piano would ever be in= the same condition as it is now. And that is why we needed a new instrument= . We got one, and kept the old one, which I repaired, but it is now our "sec= ondary" concert piano.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BODY></HTML>