<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Matthew Todd <<a href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">toddpianoworks@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div>I will be looking at a grand piano next week located in a school auditorium.  Someone poured a bucket of water inside.</div> <div><br>Can someone give me an idea of what to expect???</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks, and I appreciate it!</div> <div>Matthew</div> <p><font color="#888888"></font> <hr size="1"> <div class="WgoR0d">Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ" target="_blank">Try it now.</a></div> <p></p></p></blockquote></div> <div><br>Hi Mathew,</div> <div> </div> <div>You might just be surprised, I know I was when I was called to look at a grand that suffered a roof leak directly onto/into it in a home recently. The customer had an ice dam on his roof cause a roof leak directly into his Ivers & Pond grand. Since it was past needing a rebuild at the time and only being nursed along until he could be convinced it was no longer viable as it was and HAD to be rebuilt, the leak served to hasten him along. Other than some water stains on the sound board and causing the genuine alligator outer finish to "crackle off" and the hammers in the treble to "blossom" open, it was no worse off than before. Except now he can hopefully get the insurance company to foot part of the bill for the rebuild.</div> <div> </div> <div>Mike<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.<br>- Bertrand Russell<br><br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br> <a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>