Clyde, A month ago I posed the same question, with a backed-up fuel oil furnace as the culprit. I received a reply from Dave Swartz at Majestic, and a few others that said call it a loss for a piano of that quality (mine was a 50's Kohler & Campbell spinet). The church got repainted, new carpet, etc. The restoration contractor said name your price as no other tech in this area would even talk to him on the phone about the pianos. I went to see and it wasn't all that bad (I had been expecting something from a horror film). The fuel oil smoke did not have much of a smell at all, which is probably why I decided I could deal with it. I removed the action, pushed the piano outside, and used a compressor and vacuum to clean the inside, and wiped off the keys. A quick tuning and hammer resurfacing, and I'm sure the people in the congregation are saying 'Ever since the smoke out, the piano has never played and sounded better.' I am sure I lucked out on this one, and had it been much worse, I would have written it off, but all told it took about 4 hours. Ken Jankura
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