List, For those of you who read my original post, the university music dept. is OK. Thankfully. I had to move 2 D's out of a small recital hall because it did get water in it. Not standing water, but the humidity was about 200%. :-) Anyway, I'd just like a little confirmation of something else. I was called out to look at a grand that had had some flood damage. My instinct is to tell them to "salvage" it. The water line on the case was about 33-1/2" from the floor. That means that the entire keyboard and action was in water. And it was very obvious. As far as I can determine, the soundboard wasn't in the water, but according to my measurements, the water couldn't have been much more than 1/8" below it. Which is also about the same measurement below the pin block. There are already veneer/case joints coming apart/showing symptoms on the legs and pedal lyre. The piano is a Kawai KG-1, app. 5' type, bought about 9 yrs. ago. The keyboard is swollen into one solid mass, the hammers are up so high that the action cannot be removed, etc. I opened it up as much as possible, told them to put a box fan in front of it, and "we'll see what happens". Am I wrong in recommending that they write it off and get a new one? They do have flood insurance and my understanding is that that means replacement cost, not depreciated cost. Any comments/advice would be welcome. Thanks. Avery
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