"smelly piano"

[Carol Beigel]

I know you are just starting out, but learning to say "no" to some pianos 
comes with practice.  You could have a really bad reaction to that mold!  No 
amount of money is worth that job!  That piano is history!  If some cat peed 
on it, it will NEVER go away!

Just my humble opinion!  :)

Carol Beigel



>From: "Charly Tuner" <charly_tuner@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: "smelly piano"
>Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:03:15 PDT
>
>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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