<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1250"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=145171203-22032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I had about 12 inches in a Cable console ( I know it was junk before the flood), which, dried out quickly, still works some 15 years later....</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=145171203-22032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>les bartlett</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=145171203-22032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>houston</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jack Houweling<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:05 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> water damage<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I work for an insurance company and get lots of calls for pianos with water damage.  One piano I looked at had been sitting in 6 inches of water. (Heintzman u/r) . The bass strings are rusted, but there is no other sign of damage. I would like to know if in the future could the wood warp, split or glue joints come undone?  I certainly would not like a piano that had water damage. Do I write these pianos off? What amount of water can any piano withstand?   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jack Houweling</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.6/287 - Release Date: 03/21/2006<BR></FONT></P></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>--<BR> No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR> Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR> Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.6/287 - Release Date: 03/21/2006<BR> </FONT> </P>