I did about 7 tunings yesterday at a college about 60 miles out of town. A few pitch raises (at least half of them). This morning at 5 AM there was a fire in the music dept. Now over here the temperature was -31 Celcius this morning. There was fire, water, and then cold. They are supposed to move the pianos this afternoon and I won't have acces to them before tomorrow morning. I have to estimate the damage on these... I'll wait to see... but I feel they are goners. Now, some were not close to the fire and these only suffered from smoke (I was told). I know from experience that these will have to be restrung (at least bass strings) but I wondering about the dampp chasers. Could the humidistats have survived such an experience or should I just say that they're goners too? Anyone have an theory about the humidistats going through extremes like that? I'll let you guys know my findings. Marcel Carey, RPT Sherbrooke, QC Marcel Carey Accordeur Technicien 2852 Dussault Rock Forest QC J1N 2V6 (819) 564-0447 mcpiano@globetrotter.net
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