Marcel, I thought about the smell but forgot to mention it in my post. You're right , of course, and it should be accounted for in the offering price. Any ideas what that might/should be? Greg At 01:36 PM 8/9/2004, you wrote: >Some questions: > >What was used to put out the fire? > If water was used, that created a lot of steam in the house. This >could have voiced down the piano and weakened the structural joints >(soundboard, rim etc.). The damage could become feelable only after >the piano goes through the dry cycle (next winter depending on where >you live). > >The other problem is the smell. Soot usually sticks to the felts. > >So, you are looking at a complete rebuilding if you want the piano to >be at it's best for resale. > >There are products to clean fire damaged surfaces (unsoot, unsmoke). >Do a google search for fire & smoke. You will find a lot of >information. > >Make sure you don't offer too much for the piano just to be on the >safe side. > >Marcel Carey, RPT >Sherbrooke, QC > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On > > Behalf Of Gevaert Pierre > > Sent: August 9, 2004 1:21 PM > > To: Pianotech > > Subject: Re: I need advice > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I heared that soot could affect iron (more than the > > finish), so maybe it > > should be good to take a close look at the strings. I've > > also heared that to > > avoid damage on iron parts, the soot should be removed > > within three weeks? > > > > Otherways, I would clean the piano the same way as you suggested. > > > > Regards, > > PierreGevaert > > Belgium > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> > > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 6:48 PM > > Subject: I need advice > > > > > > > Greetings gentle list folk, > > > I just received a phone call from a nice woman > > who wants me to > > > clean and possibly buy her 6' 7" Bosendorfer grand. The > > piano is 25 years > > > old but I do not as of yet know the model. I'm guessing > > there was only one > > > model that was this size but I don't know for sure. > > > This unfortunate customer had a house fire in > > April that started > > > in the basement and burned through some of the floor > > joists on the first > > > floor. This happened 2 rooms away from where the piano > > sits. There is a > > > layer of dry soot on the lid but there is no finish > > damage that the owner > > > can detect. There is no damage to the walls or outlet plate covers > > > (plastic) in the same room. I wonder, 1) what to clean > > the piano with. I'm > > > thinking just a vacuum cleaner and perhaps some forced > > air once the > > > majority is removed from the vacuum. and 2) what is an > > estimation of it's > > > current fair market value. I realize that there isn't too > > much to go on > > > here but an approximation or range of numbers would be > > more helpful than > > > nothing. > > > There was apparently no insurance rider on the > > piano so I'm sure > > > that the owner would like to get as much as possible. She > > is currently > > > looking to replace it with about a foot shorter Petrof. > > It seems that the > > > local dealer here is not interested in the Bosey. I don't > > know why. Not > > > sure if they've even seen it but probably not. Since > > there is no visible > > > damage to the piano from the fire I'm guessing that the > > two things to look > > > for are acidic soot and or glue joint failure which may > > not be seen for > > > years. Anything else? > > > Would really love to hear your take on it's > > approximate value, > > the > > > best way to clean it and whether or not it might be worth > > while to get > > > involved. Seems odd to me that the dealer wasn't > > interested. I'm all eyes > > > .... to possible drawbacks and or previous experiences. > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > > Greg Newell > > > > > > > > > P.S. Thanks to all who posted about the Chickering > > Quarter grand. It > > > turned out to be in fairly decent shape needing > > refinishing but had scale > > > 135 which is understand to be the better of the two. I > > mentioned a street > > > value of $500 after it's actual value of "exactly what > > you can get someone > > > to pay you for it." > > > Thanks again! > > > > > > Greg Newell > > > Greg's piano Forté > > > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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