Steinway D water damage

[Marcel Carey]

Hi John,
 
If the strings are NOT rusted, you could try CA glue on the 3 offending
notes. Otherwise, you could replace these strings and tuning pins only.
Did the water get on the pins area? How much water are we talking about?
 
Depending of the answers to the above questions, I probably would try
the CA glue to start with.
 
Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC

-----Message d'origine-----
De : pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] De la
part de John Radley
Envoyé : 3 août 2006 10:03
À : pianotech at ptg.org
Objet : Steinway D water damage


Hello,
 
I have a client with a Steinway D (1962) - this piano was damaged by
water from an air conditioner condenser failing over it.  The damage
seems "minimal", although there are three strings F#2-G2-G#2 that will
not permit tuning.  All three pins are in a straight line, and the rest
of the pin block permits tuning and so far has been maintaining pitch.
I suspect that the pin block is cracked in the problem area - but hope
this not to be the case.   Currently, I have a fan running to gently
move air under the pin block - hoping that perhaps a good drying will
help the situation (the fallboard is propped open about an inch to
permit the air to enter - my thinking is that I didn't want to
compromise the operation of the Dampp-chaser too much.   Also, the room
is climate controlled and the temperature and RH are at reasonable
levels last time I checked).
 
My questions: 1) is it possible that the pin block is not damaged in the
affected area?   2) if it is, is there anything short of replacing the
pin block that would help the situation?
 
This piano is in a "party room" that is no longer used extensively - so
it is not in a critical use situation.
 
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or assistance.
 
John Radley



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