But our 30 modern pianos are a problem. I have been told that damage > may not be apparent for a year or more, but the insurance adjustor > wants to settle now. We have 38 year old Yamahas and Baldwin > Hamiltons. Other pianos are a mixture of pianos newer and rebuilt from > the last 25 years. James - Your regular piano tech (staff or contract) is your primary source for what damage was done to the pianos due to the humidity swings. The old (38yr) Yamahas and Baldwins may have lived or even out-lived their life expentancy and $ value. As for the other pianos, someone needs to be able to justify a $ amount given to the insurance adjustor. That will not be easy. I wish you well. The following link my assist your department. Eventhough it's goal is to adequately determine the technical/maintenance needs for institutional pianos, its contents may lead you in the right direction. http://www.ptg.org/caut.php/Guidelines/guidelines.pdf Dave Hulbert, RPT 414.315.7763 dave at hulbertpiano.com www.hulbertpiano.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110106/afcb80bb/attachment.htm>
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