Disklavier

Many thanks to both of you. You have given me good advice.  I will let  you 
know what happens when the adjuster evaluates the piano.
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/12/2014 11:34:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
disklavier@yahoogroups.com writes:

 
 
 
since the amount of penetration in to the piano soft parts can vary greatly 
 it might be good to test some hammers, for example, by bagging them and 
seeing  how much they stink when you open the bag. if they do stink pretty 
badly you  can be pretty sure that they contain corrosive residue that will 
compromise  everything porous in the piano over time as Carol suggests.

type of  material that burned to create the smoke, temperature of fire, 
proximity to  the piano, temperature of piano, and then the most vague, 
convection patters  of the smoke in the fire all work together to determine if the 
piano might  have absorbed a lethal dose.

the electronics are cleanable and should  be cleaned it they did get a big 
does but since the piano would be doomed  anyway it would probably not be 
worth the cost to have it done professionally.  

On 12/11/2014 7:07 PM, Carol Beigel _carol@..._ 
(mailto:carol@...)  [disklavier]  wrote:



Fires and pianos don’t mix well.  The damage often appears years  later; 
i.e. the buckskin in the action parts gets hard; glue joints break,  pin 
blocks separate and God only knows what time has been taken away from  those heat 
sensitive electronics!  My advice to insurance companies is  that the 
longevity of the useful life of the piano when purchased new has  been 
compromised and that a replacement is in order.  Assuming the  piano would have had a 
useful life of 50 years so half of its life had  already expired.  The 
electronics alone were worth $7000 when new.  If the piano is insured, you are 
owed money.  Perhaps get a used  one on eBay or something.  It would be nice 
if you could collect the  insurance settlement as well as keep the piano.  
You could clean it up  and see if or how long it works.  I am sorry about the 
fire damage to  your home. 


Carol Beigel
Registered Piano Technician




On Dec 11, 2014, at 9:39 AM, _clays91740@..._ 
(mailto:clays91740@...)   [disklavier] <_disklavier@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com) > wrote:



Hello Group,
 
My DG-1 (wagon grand) and DSR-1 were exposed to very heavy smoke and  soot 
in a fire at my home.  I'm not sure if it still works or  not.  I'm 
wondering if any one on the list has had any experience  with any like this.
 
I purchased the piano new in 1992 and really want to keep  it.  I 
appreciate any information available.
 
Clay Shelton
Petersburg, VA 










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