<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=062505914-03082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi John,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062505914-03082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062505914-03082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>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?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062505914-03082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062505914-03082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Depending of the answers to the above questions, I probably would try the CA glue to start with.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062505914-03082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062505914-03082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062505914-03082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=fr dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>De la part de</B> John Radley<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> 3 août 2006 10:03<BR><B>À :</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Objet :</B> Steinway D water damage<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Hello,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This piano is in a "party room" that is no longer used extensively - so it is not in a critical use situation.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks in advance for any thoughts or assistance.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John Radley</DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman1/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39663/*http://voice.yahoo.com">Make PC-to-Phone Calls</A> to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>