FIRE DAMAGE: 25 PIANOS

[Marcel Carey]

Thanks for your suggestions Guy. I really appreciate them. I will do as you
suggested.
As for your question, no, there were no loaners. Most pianos were bought 4
years ago except for two of them that were bought around 1984. one of these
two is a C-3 that I just restrung this summer. New hammers and shanks as
well. I wonder if the heat will have affected my voicing. :-{

Thanks for answering so fast,

Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC

At 18:53 97-10-29 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Marcel,
>	The fire marshal or his people SHOULD be able to give you a relatively
>accurate estimate of what the actual temperatures were. Give that info to
>Yamaha, and see what they say. 
>	I wouldn't want to be in the position of having to make a quick estimate.
>Better to not make one at all.
>	Talk to Kent Webb about major smoke damage. Baldwin had an experience a
>few years ago that taught them alot.  kent_webb@BPAO.com  , or
>1-800-876-2976 ext.8585
>	Talk to the insurance people first, before putting numbers on paper. Maybe
>the university lawyer, also.
>	Sounds like a Yomama-exclusive school..... were any of them loaners?
>
>
>Tough gig, man.
>
>Guy Nichols, RPT
>
>
>
>At 05:55 PM 10/29/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>Just as I came back from doing house calls today, I had a very disturbing
>>message on my answering machine. There was a fire just downstairs from the
>>music department at the university where I just had finished tuning all 27
>>pianos during the fall break.
>>
>>I have to go and evaluate the dammages tomorrow morning. From what I was
>>told, there was only smoke... but I suspect heat as well. There are about 20
>>UF-1, 2 disklavier (G-2) 1 C-3 and 2 C6-F.
>>
>>What scares the hell out of me is _NOT_ knowing what are the long term
>>effect of smoke on strings and Electronics components of the disklaviers.
>>Have any of you been confronted with such a situation? Should I just quote
>>an estimate for cleaning and tuning (I suspect the heat will have trown my
>>tunings out), or should I leave a doubt in my estimate as far as the long
>>term problems that could develop in the years to come. I think mainly of
>>soundboard integrity; can the heat affect the glue joints? Is there a way to
>>find out at this stage or will I just have to wait and then after all the
>>insurance claims are over, in 2 or 3 years come back to them and then admit
>>that I was wrong and that the pianos all need new soundboards.
>>
>>Please, I need feedback.
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Marcel Carey, RPT 
>>
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