Just talked with the lady again today, and she has decided to take my advice and DUMP the piano, and get another. Terry >From: "Bill Peterson" <lokman@ix.netcom.com> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Subject: Re: "smelly piano" >Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:01:07 -0700 > >Terry--Tell her husband to stop peeing in the piano. Send this to your >competitor. If you do not find the cause of the moisture it will come back >to haunt you. I would not use bleach as it is extremely corrosive to >polished steel--strings you know. Bill Peterson >----- Original Message ----- >From: Charly Tuner <charly_tuner@hotmail.com> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 9:03 PM >Subject: "smelly piano" > > > > Got a call from a lady asking what I could do to rid her old upright (30 > > years old) of a "blackish mildew-like substance", that she told me >gives > > off an almost unbearable odor. I am guessing, until I actually see it, >that > > it is indeed some kind of fungus/mildew. She also told me that she has > > sprayed the piano with diluted bleach, but that is only a short lived >fix. >I > > told her that In order for the problem to go away, that the piano should >be > > COMPLETELY cleaned, and WIPED DOWN, with a water/bleach solution. I told >her > > that in order to do it correctly and completely, that it would most >likely > > be an all day job, which I could do at her residence. I told her that if >the > > job took a total of 6 hours, that I would have to charge $400. Since I >have > > never done a job like this before, I based the fee on the equivalent of >5 > > tunings at my standard $80 tuning fee. Does this sound reasonable for >six > > straight hours of tedious detail work? A fellow tech in my area said he > > would probably charge $600-$700...this seems a tad excessive. Your >opinions > > are appreciated. Thanks! > > > > Terry Peterson > > Los Angeles, CA > > Associate Member, PTG > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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