Fire/smoke damage

[Thos. D. Carpenter]

Hi Clyde,
    I thought I`d refer you to Barth Story @ Chris Finger Pianos
(303)652-3110.  They took in a Hoffmann that had been exposed to smoke and
steam, as a result of a house fire and it`s being put out.  I know that they
thoroughly inspected the instrument and it was restrung, but of most keen
interest was the ozone machine used to eliminate the odor of smoke which had
saturated the felts and the woods.
                                                                sincerely,
                                                                Tom
Carpenter

carpthos@televiso.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@redrose.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 9:59 AM
Subject: Fire/smoke damage


>Friends:
>
>A customer of mine has a Kincaid spinet in her finished basement level
>where she teaches piano.  (We are not talking about the quality of her
>piano ;-) at this moment.)  The clothes dryer caught fire on the same
>level.  Although the flames were confined to the interior of the dryer,
>smoke filled the room.  A company came in, washed the walls, shampooed
>the carpet and upholstered furniture and whatever else they had to do.
>Apparently the basement didn't really get hot from the fire.
>
>The insurance company wants the piano checked.  They thought exposure to
>the smoke might cause problems on down the road.  Will it?
>
>I am willing to do the evaluation but I have no experience in this
>area.  Should I try to find a piano technician who does?  If there is no
>long-term threat from the smoke I expect to find that the piano is fine.
>
>Regards,
>
>Clyde Hollinger