Water damage

[Farrell]

Hi Brian. Got your bags packed??? Ohhhhhh, I wish I were going. You lucky
dog, you. Just a few thoughts on your water damage question.

I think Wim is likely right on with his response. But of course you need to
go look at the piano and state some specifics about it. Normally, we are
taught "innocent until proven guilty". The water damage situation may well
be one where we want to reverse this relationship. During the inspection,
assume "guilty until proven innocent". Consider glue joints. Assume they are
going to be trashed, so look carfully for the slightest deterioration of any
glue joint - and then pretend it is 1994 and you are a republican - go
Clintonian - assume "where there is smoke, there is fire". In a case such as
this, such a bad attitude is likely the right attitude! Get it?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Trout" <grandrestorations@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 7:03 PM
Subject: Water damage


> Hi List,
>
> I'm kind of new to the idea of water damage.  I know
> it's been a topic that many of you have had to deal
> with before, but somehow, I've remained relatively
> unacquainted with it.
>
> I have an appointment to evaluate a 6 year old Yamaha
> upright day after tomorrow that was in aprox. 5 inches
> of water for about 2 hours.
>
> I feel pretty confident that it'll need work done to
> the pedal assemblies / trapwork.  I was expecting
> that.  I also suspect that there'll be some rust on
> the strings as well.
>
> I'm a bit more concerned about whether I would be
> likely to find a soundboard glue joint severely
> weakened or the case (aren't these things being made
> with a fair bit of flakeboard?) being damaged or even
> coming apart by the water having soaked into the wood
> product?.
>
> Would any of you care to offer any words of input that
> might be specific to a Yamaha product?  Or, even
> general thoughts if you'd like?  It's one I'm not sure
> how comfortable I feel about.  (Just not sure how big
> a can of worms I'm opening.)
>
> Oh, and if it matters, it's a matter of them wanting
> to know the extent of the damage for an insurance
> settlement.
>
> If you feel like it might be clogging the list, feel
> free to contact me off list.
>
> Anybody?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>
>
> =====
> Brian Trout
> Grand Restorations
> 3090 Gause Blvd., #202
> Slidell, LA  70461
> 985-649-2700
> GrandRestorations@yahoo.com
>
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