[pianotech] Dave Swartz and smoke damaged pianos

[johnparham at piano88.com]

Patrick and List,

This morning I spent an hour on the phone with Dave Swartz. Here is a
brief summary of what I learned about his research in smoke damage to
pianos.

Dave Swartz now owns Cory Products. He has never stopped researching,
testing and developing techniques for dealing with smoke damaged pianos.

He is in the final stages of producing a complete line of cleaning
products and procedures for dealing with smoke damage that he will
display at the 2011 National
Convention in Kansas City.

He will also be giving a class on this subject at the
Southeastern Regional Conference in Charlotte, NC in October of 2011,
where he will be displaying these new products as well.

Dave has sent his updated information to the Home Office.
Ron Berry will update the website soon. 

I'm excited about these developments in the area, and I thank you for
your responses and interest in
clear procedures that will benefit all.

Best,
John Parham


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Smoke Damage to Pianos
> From: J Patrick Draine <jpdraine at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, December 01, 2010 8:34 am
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> 
> 
> David gave a two period class on the subject this summer at the PTG
> Institute in Las Vegas. I was all ready to (finally) attend one of his
> presentations, when I noticed that I had prepaid for a class running at the
> same time. *Sigh* -- trying to be in two places at once isn't easy. Next
> time!
> Patrick Draine
> 
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:35 PM, <johnparham at piano88.com> wrote:
> 
> > List,
> >
> > I am going through 16 years of posts dealing with smoke damage to
> > pianos.  After 6 years of posts, it seems David Swartz has done the most
> > objective research on this topic.  Initially, he was responsive to this
> > topic on the list.  After several years, his posts have waned.
> >
> > Has anyone on this list compiled a comprehensive summary of information
> > collected on the subject?  I am trying to compile information in my
> > effort to use my current shop work as my latest learning project.
> >
> > -John Parham
> > Hickory, NC
> >
> >
> >
> > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > Subject: [pianotech] Smoke Damage to Pianos
> > > From: <johnparham at piano88.com>
> > > Date: Tue, November 30, 2010 8:48 pm
> > > To: pianotech at ptg.org
> > >
> > >
> > > David,
> > >
> > > I am contacting you off the pianotech list.
> > >
> > > I am helping a friend deal with smoke damage to several pianos he had in
> > > his retail store that recently suffered damage from a fire.  I have
> > > emailed and left a message for  David Swartz, but I have not heard from
> > > him yet.  Did you ever get any info from anyone else about this topic?
> > >
> > > I'm doing the best I can with this action, but I'd feel better not
> > > having to reinvent the wheel.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any feedback you can provide.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > John Parham, RPT
> > > Hickory, NC
> >
> >