It is the same. I burned a mouse infested upright and the plate melted. The strings lost their strength real quickly and it just kinda sagged. A fitting end for a stinky piano. Steve Grattan Lost Chord Clinic ________________________________ From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tue, April 6, 2010 2:43:51 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Burning piano = explosion? BUT, what about an upright ? Probably the same ? Stephen Grattan wrote: > We actually have salespeople at a music store in our town that tell > perspective customers not to buy acoustic pianos because "if they have > a fire the piano could blow up and kill someone" They have no idea > how foolish they sound. > > *Steve Grattan* > *Lost Chord Clinic* > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Wally Scherer <afinetune at yahoo.com> > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org > *Sent:* Tue, April 6, 2010 12:09:16 PM > *Subject:* [pianotech] Burning piano = explosion? > > Exploding the piano, or exploding the myth? Check out the video: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx8ZXV7wjyw&NR=1 > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx8ZXV7wjyw&NR=1> > > Wallace T. Scherer, piano technician, music educator > 5020 Canal Drive, Lake Worth, Florida, 33463-8014 > Telephone: 561-432-4121 > Web page: http://aftune.angelfire.com > ------------------------------------------------ > FREE TICKETS: http://aftune.angelfire.com/freetics.html > > > -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100406/dbbbbf36/attachment.htm>
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC