Disklavier

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@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> I purchased the piano new in 1992 and really want to keep it.  I appreciate any information available.
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> Clay Shelton
> Petersburg, VA 
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