Wanna Guess? NPR (Not Politically Related)

[Diane Hofstetter]

I'd vote for fire, but Tom's diagnosis is a lot more fun to imagine!
Diane

>
>The piano was stored upside-down in a basement which flooded?
>
>Tom Cole
>
>Mitch Ruth wrote:
> >
> > Hey List,
> >
> > I had an interesting call on Saturday and I wanted to see if you wanted 
>to
> > have a little fun with it.
> >
> > I went out into the hinterlands (not far for me)to a home with an 
>Everett
> > spinet sized piano.  I turned out to be an early 50's model with a 
>bent-key
> > direct blow action (I don't know the proper tech term for it.) It was 
>given
> > to this family by "a friend" so that the little girl there might learn 
>to
> > play.
> >
> > Of course this piano was about 130 cents flat.  However I am a hearty 
>soul,
> > who reads his pianotech posts, and will tackle this in stride. Upon
> > inspection I discovered that the upper portion of the strings were 
>ENCASED
> > in rust (not just a little corrosion, rust)and the bass windings were 
>black.
> >   The plate was a blackish color and the felt was a little gray.  
>Puzzled I
> > looked behind the kick plate and discovered everything normal for this
> > piano...no rust, windings,plate, and bridges looked good.  The lid on 
>the
> > piano was a little scarred but not badly.  there was a small place on 
>the
> > side of the piano that was blistered.
> >
> > I determined that the piano would be impossible to tune without a
> > restringing and I could not recommend restringing this instrument.  
>After a
> > discussion with the parents, I found they could not afford a better
> > instrument at this time, so I fixed a few ringing dampers so the piano 
>could
> > at least make noise.  While I was doing that, I came up with what I 
>thought
> > was what happened to this piano that created the problem.
> > I thought it might be fun to see if you can guess what happened to it.  
>I
> > don't know for sure but I think I've got it down.
> >
> > Now "It's an Everett" is not an acceptable answer for the purposes of my
> > game.  The only prize with be the satisfaction of a job well done and 
>the
> > joy of participating in a string that does not include American politics 
>(By
> > the way I hear we are going to change our national motto to "Just Keep
> > Counting").
> >
> > Have at it
> >
> > Mitch Ruth
> > DeMossville, KY
> >
> > "Hold on to your dreams, unless you dream of porcupines..."
> >
> > 
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