"smelly piano"

[Charly Tuner]

Just talked with the lady again today, and she has decided to take my advice 
and DUMP the piano, and get another.

Terry

>From: "Bill Peterson" <lokman@ix.netcom.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: "smelly piano"
>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:01:07 -0700
>
>Terry--Tell her husband to stop peeing in the piano.   Send this to your
>competitor.  If you do not find the cause of the moisture it will come back
>to haunt you.  I would not use bleach as it is extremely corrosive to
>polished steel--strings you know.  Bill Peterson
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Charly Tuner <charly_tuner@hotmail.com>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 9:03 PM
>Subject: "smelly piano"
>
>
> > Got a call from a lady asking what I could do to rid her old upright (30
> > years old) of a "blackish mildew-like substance", that she told me  
>gives
> > off an almost unbearable odor. I am guessing, until I actually see it,
>that
> > it is indeed some kind of fungus/mildew. She also told me that she has
> > sprayed the piano with diluted bleach, but that is only a short lived 
>fix.
>I
> > told her that In order for the problem to go away, that the piano should
>be
> > COMPLETELY cleaned, and WIPED DOWN, with a water/bleach solution. I told
>her
> > that in order to do it correctly and completely, that it would most 
>likely
> > be an all day job, which I could do at her residence. I told her that if
>the
> > job took a total of 6 hours, that I would have to charge $400. Since I
>have
> > never done a job like this before, I based the fee on the equivalent of 
>5
> > tunings at my standard $80 tuning fee. Does this sound reasonable for 
>six
> > straight hours of tedious detail work? A fellow tech in my area said he
> > would probably charge $600-$700...this seems a tad excessive. Your
>opinions
> > are appreciated. Thanks!
> >
> > Terry Peterson
> > Los Angeles, CA
> > Associate Member, PTG
> >
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