A River Ran Through It

[Dave Swartz]

Tom,

        A serious consideration is that of prohibiting future mold spore
growth.  Properly treated with a microbial enzyme or microbial formulation
will eliminate problematic results in a high humidity environment.  These
products I have available and could send you enough to treat the action,
keys, keybed, etc.  Good luck!

Dave Swartz, RPT
dms2000@pioneerplanet.infi.net
website: http://www.majesticpiano.com
Smoke & Water Damage Restoration


At 07:54 PM 2/5/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Today, I was asked by an insurance company to look at a water-damaged
>1989 Kimball Viennese grand. I was the second technician to be hired,
>the first having given an extremely high bid, several thousand dollars.
>For the record, the first tech was not a PTG member.
>
>The jacuzzi upstairs had sprung a leak in a pressure line. The water ran
>from the point of the leak to an opening in the ceiling below for a fire
>sprinkler. That's right, there was a fire sprinkler directly over the
>piano (you know, in case of spontaneous combustion).
>
>So, last December, water had dripped down on to the music desk at the
>rate of about 16 ounces per minute, spilled from the tray into the plate
>webbing of the two treble tuning pin areas, thence into the
>corresponding sections of the action and, presumably, out the "keybed
>drain" (hole for shift lever).
>
>Everything is now dry and in remarkably good shape. No keys or action
>parts are sticking. There is some unevenness of hammer swings but it was
>probably that way before. The only rust is on the strings (mostly around
>tuning pins). The music desk tray felt became unglued. The piano is very
>out of tune. I cannot find anything else wrong and I'm concerned that I
>have overlooked something major.
>
>Anyone have ideas of what to look for?
>
>Tom
>-- 
>Thomas A. Cole RPT
>Santa Cruz, CA
>
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