<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond Bold"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 06, 2006 = 2:28 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Flooded Bass = String Question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Spencer,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>IMO the strings are the least of your problems.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>If the piano was wet for that long , It's my = opinion that things will </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>start coming apart before too much = longer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>I might be all wet here--Sorry-- but soundboards = ,bridges and water </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>don't mix well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Tom Driscoll RPT </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Tom and Spencer,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>It's a Yamaha! I truly doubt there would be any = problem with the case coming apart in those circumstances. My Daughter has a P-2 = that was in a Gym fire. the treble end was afire, as were the keys! The piano = was immersed in 2 feet of water for a while, in the process of putting out = the fire. Once the fire was out the piano was lifted out of the pyre with = a fork lift and set, (very uncerimoniously), out in the parking lot. It sat = there for 4 days while the idiot school bean counters decided if they wanted to = sell it to me. While all that was going on, some well-meaning soul opened the = top to let it "air out"! This is Oregon. The natural thing happened....It = rained. The only damage was to the dampers and hammers. (The hammers were actually = improved with the rain!<G>)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>This happened about 25 years ago. I never felt = comfortable about selling the piano, so I gave it to my Daughter, just in case it = decided to self-destruct. It hasn't! I tune it and it's JUST FINE. No evidence = of any structural damage what-so-ever! Them Yamamas is tough, in that regard.</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    That is = interesting ---and encouraging.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    My experience with = a G1 getting a similar treatment from a broken pipe in 1982 was not so = positive. Cracking SB, bridge to soundboard glue joint failure etc., but it was = only one event on one piano. </FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2>    I sit --- hopefully for Spencer ---  corrected</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Best = wishes,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Driscoll </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>