This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment > Last week it was a piano that had flowers on it for 20 years (treble=20 > keys sticking, layer of earth found in keybed.) Had soil horizons developed yet? Yikes! > Tonite I went to a 70's drop action Wurlitzer someone got for free. =20 There's your first big tip-off. I often tell piano folks that free = pianos are a lot like a free puppy - before you even get it home you = have a $500 vet bill. > A0=20 > not working, key stuck down- opened bottom board to find A0 had no=20 > sticker or wippen- totally gone (I propped it up with cardboard=20 > punchings). Later on I noticed some bass notes were real sticky, and=20 > noisy in the front pin area. Lifted up a key to find what looked like = > glue between the keys. Tried to scrape it off, then noticed there was = > more on the keytops. > I checked under the keys, and there was a puddle of 10+ year old = vomit,=20 > moldy and petrified, and a few petrified felt punchings. It was=20 > definitely an "after-party" piano. Help - Thump!!!!! > I informed the owner I had removed a small portion of the food, but = the=20 > remainder would have to be chiseled and planed out another day. You forgot........ by someone else! What is it with some pianos? Impressive tale. Terry Farrell ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/1f/8b/08/07/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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