Fwd: Re: Ozone generator questions for piano repair.

[Nichols]

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Tom,

     No correction needed. Glad to hear more about what happened with some 
of these pianos, from the marketing standpoint. What I was referring to was 
the ozone treatment that was used on quite a few units. What I heard, as a 
dealer back then, was that the fire affected a couple of areas, including a 
storage area (with wrapped units) and others. There was an ozone treatment 
performed on a bunch of pianos, and several were shipped out. I had a 
couple, myself, which I promptly returned do to discoloration of the 
strings and other problems, caused by the treatment.
My two remaining brain cells haven't retained any other details form this 
incident, but further (including very recent) research has convinced me 
that blasting with ozone, although effective, is not a good idea. The 
operation was a success, but the patient died, kinda thing. For mold, there 
are other effective measures.

Thanks again, Tom,
Guy


At 11:33 PM 11/9/2005 -0500, you wrote:
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>Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Ozone generator questions for piano repair.
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>Gordon,
>    You may want to check with a couple of FBGs (former Baldwin guys) 
> about subjecting pianos to ozone generators. There's a heck of a story 
> there, from about 12 years ago, with the end result being the loss of 
> about 600 verts.
>
>Ozone is NOT recommended.
>
>Guy Nichols
>
>>Guy,
>>     Actually, the end result was a bit more complex .
>>     I'm  happy to be corrected but from reliable sources this is the 
>> story as told to me.
>>     Baldwin placed an insurance claim on the pianos in question 
>> and  received compensation as was their right.
>>     Then the insurance company  took possesion and dumped the piano's to 
>> a local salvage -discount store chain  in the Massachusetts area called 
>> "Building 19"
>>     They were marketed as salvage piano's from a "Famous" maker,and sold 
>> essentially "as is"  @ a big discount.
>>     The  stickers inside were removed and covers were glued over the 
>> name plates but it soon became no secret that these were Baldwins and 
>> they flew out of the stores.
>>
>>     End result was a merchandising nightmare for the local Baldwin 
>> dealer (Baldwin of Boston I believe) Why buy from them when the same 
>> piano 5 miles away was half price at Building 19?
>>     Perhaps other factors were also at hand , but this genius move by 
>> Baldwin did not endear the company to the dealers' heart and before 
>> long  they closed the doors.
>>     I was told that the pianos were wrapped when this accident happened 
>> and from the few I service they seem no better?  or worse that any other 
>> Baldwin from the same era.
>>     Again ,this is the story I heard from more than one source -.
>>     Tom Driscoll RPT.
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