Ankle deep for a week?

[Mark Story]

Don't forget that if the insurance company "totals" the piano, they will
immediately be looking at salvage value, unless they leave the instrument
with the insured after settling. I have seen this work both ways. One, I bid
$50.00 and won. It was just a little console, but was worth me refinishing
and selling. And yes, I was involved in the inspection and estimate. No
conflict here - it's just a matter of the insurance company wanting to
settle the claim quickly.

Mark Story, RPT
Eastern Washington University
mstory@ewu.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: JIMRPT@aol.com <JIMRPT@aol.com>
To: drose@dlcwest.com <drose@dlcwest.com>; owner-pianotech@ptg.org
<owner-pianotech@ptg.org>; pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: Ankle deep for a week?


>Don;
> Probably a write off for insurance purposes but it might be worth taking a
>'chance' on as salvage, which is something that insurance companies don't
like
>to do.  Water damage, per se, is not needfully permanately destructive to
the
>integrity of an instrument......depending on individual circumstances.
>My View.
>Jim Bryant (FL)