<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Kevin, You may be looking at a great deal of work, but then again it may be very little.  To state the obvious, first take a look-see, then you'll know better what you're dealing with. A high school music teacher called me when a soda was spilled into their Baldwin grand.  They cleaned up what they could before I got there.  As it turned out, it was a diet soda, so I had no sugar to deal with.  Most of the soda pop had gone on the soundboard.  Relatively little got on the action, so with less than a half hour's work I had it cleaned up and there have been no related problems since.  I hope your situation turns out like this. Regards, Clyde "Kevin E. Ramsey" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style>      I had a call today from a Director of an "Art Institute". It would seem that some little genius had the lid up on a Yamaha U1, and managed to get a can of Coke spilled in there. He said that the dampers seem to stick when you first depress the pedal, and he wants me to come out and give him a quote for the job.    What comes to mind in that the bass strings will probably have to be replaced, as the aspiring musician didn't say anything to anybody about the accident, and that was at the end of the school year, three months ago.  Also the dampers, and possibly quite a few hammers. Plus center pinning etc.    I do not have any desire to under-bid on one of these, and I'm sure that many of you have seen the same thing happen. I just want to know how much work I could possibly be looking at, and any pit-falls to look out for while giving him a ball park figure.    Your help and experience are greatly appreciated, and at least it's a new topic!     Kevin Ramsey<a href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</a></blockquote> </body> </html>