Realistically, for insurance purposes, a foot or more on an upright will kill it. That's board, bass bridge and the bottom of the treble bridge as well as the cabinet, pedals and bottom board. Complete refinishing and veneer on the wet parts, restringing with soundboard and bridge repairs, new pedals and bottom board. Write it off. Grands are a bit different depending what brands and how long they sat in water. I've seen several just slowly disintegrate but several that were fine with new legs and lyres. I would strongly suggest condemning anything that sat in salt water for more than a few hours just because of the uncertainty. You just don't know what will happen. --Dave New Orleans On 11/6/12 8:21 AM, richarducci at comcast.net wrote: > List, > I'm starting to get calls from clients who were flooded in Sandy. > > Can you advise about uprights and grands that were in a foot or more of salt water for days. > > I know strings can be cleaned with water rinse and blow dried, and coated with Balistol, pedals and brackets as well. > > What about exterior wood veneer ? > What other areas need attention? > > I will be submitting estimates to ins. companies and don't want to miss anything. > > Rick Ucci > Uccipiano.com > 609-677-0444 -- Dave Doremus, RPT Piano Tuning & Restoration 504-263-2923
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