Hey Brian, Remember the CRC. The bottoms of the piano will probably flair out as the wood expands, etc. Also, lots of easing of the action, keys, balance rail holes, scotch brite the strings if they are rusting. I doubt that ribs will come loose in the short term on a Yamaha, but maybe later. Damper felt will have a shorter life, pedal bushings, and the piano in general because of this. This is tough with insurance and all. If it were mine, I'd want a new one, but I did over 75 the last few years and many I still see, doing OK. A Dampp-Chaser installation (50 watts w/H-2) weeks ago would have been my first move! Lance Lafargue, RPT Mandeville, LA New Orleans Chapter, PTG lancelafargue@bellsouth.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Brian Trout Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 6:03 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Water damage Hi List, I'm kind of new to the idea of water damage. I know it's been a topic that many of you have had to deal with before, but somehow, I've remained relatively unacquainted with it. I have an appointment to evaluate a 6 year old Yamaha upright day after tomorrow that was in aprox. 5 inches of water for about 2 hours. I feel pretty confident that it'll need work done to the pedal assemblies / trapwork. I was expecting that. I also suspect that there'll be some rust on the strings as well. I'm a bit more concerned about whether I would be likely to find a soundboard glue joint severely weakened or the case (aren't these things being made with a fair bit of flakeboard?) being damaged or even coming apart by the water having soaked into the wood product?. Would any of you care to offer any words of input that might be specific to a Yamaha product? Or, even general thoughts if you'd like? It's one I'm not sure how comfortable I feel about. (Just not sure how big a can of worms I'm opening.) Oh, and if it matters, it's a matter of them wanting to know the extent of the damage for an insurance settlement. If you feel like it might be clogging the list, feel free to contact me off list. Anybody? Thanks, Brian ===== Brian Trout Grand Restorations 3090 Gause Blvd., #202 Slidell, LA 70461 985-649-2700 GrandRestorations@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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