On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Jack Houweling <jackhouweling at dccnet.com>wrote: > I have some questions about water and pianos. A Yamaha C6 had about one > inch of water on the soundboard, bridges plate etc. The piano will need a > new pinblock, strings and action work. The case is fine as well as the inner > rim but there is some discoloration on the bridges. The soundboard so far > looks alright. How much water can a piano take? What things should I be > looking for? At what point would you write a water damaged piano off? > > Jack Houweling > Jack, I had an experience similar though not to the extent of Joe's, an old Ivers & Pond had a roof leak, mostly in the treble end, It was in need of a rebuild and refinish anyway so I took it into the shop and replaced what needed replacing and fixed what didn't. It's back in the customer's home now and you'd never know it was damaged. If you feel you need to err on the side of caution as Marcel and Gerald suggest, I see no reason you couldn't buy it as salvage for probably a few hundred from the insurance company and sit on it for a while then fix what needs to be fixed and make a little something out of it! Mike -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090804/666df4b0/attachment.htm>
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