[CAUT] Steam explosion

[Mitch Staples]

We had the same thing happen at Ohio State about 5 years ago.  Someone left
the window open on a sub 0 night.  The radiator froze and a steam pipe
broke.  The room was steamed for a couple hours before someone reported it.
The piano was the same too a P22 maybe a little newer.  We had the piano
refinished and everything else seems to be fine.

Mitch Staples
  -----Original Message-----
  From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org]On Behalf Of
denisikeler at aol.com
  Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 8:39 AM
  To: caut at ptg.org
  Subject: [CAUT] Steam explosion


  Hello list,

  Got a call from a music teacher from an elementary school.  Sometime
between Christmas and New Years a radiator blew in his classroom.  The whole
classroom was steamed hard and wet.  Everything hanging on the walls were
wet, ceiling tiles were all warped.  The piano involved was a mid 90's P22.
It was at the opposite side of the room.  The finish looks like it was
scalded with boiling water.  Other than that, it seems OK.  All the unisons
were solid, just a little flat which is normal for this time of year.  There
are no pressure ridges on the soundboard.

  I was wondering if anybody had any thoughts on any long term damage that
might show up later.  My thinking is, that the steam heat explosion thing
was short.  Only long enough to release all the pressure from the boiler
system.  Because no one was around between the holidays, the room stood wet
for several days.

  The piano sounds perfectly normal.

  Have anybody on the list had a simalar situation?

   Denis

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