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How water and floods damage or ruin pianos

Article Category: Advice

Author Name: Ross Joyner

Piano Exposure to flood or water damaged pianos

Exposure to or immersion in water can without a doubt be very harmful to a piano. Even the exposure to excessive changes in temperatures and humidity for a few of days in unoccupied homes and structures can develop prolonged instability in a piano that will involve numerous tuning's. Regulation of the piano action will be essential to make sure proper performance.

What if the Piano is in a water damaged area just above the cabinet?

Upright Water Damaged Piano
Water Damaged Upright Piano that is probably age wise about the 1930s
Pianos that have been in water damaged and have gotten to the height of the case or even higher will in all likelihood be water damaged beyond repair and will need to be restored and most likely be replaced. Direct exposure of the case, soundboard, strings, and action to water can commonly cause major glue failure of integral structural elements.

The rim and keybed of the piano are possibly the most critical elements in figuring out the seriousness of present and long term damage. The glued lamination's of the rim can be weakened by exposure to the water damaged area and can not effectively be repaired.

Damage by water will not always manifest itself right away. It might take up to a year for the results of glue failure and wood deterioration to become completely evident.

Even the solidity of a fantastic piano such as a Baldwin, Yamaha, or a Kawai's rim can not overcome the natural forces that arise when wood is exposed directly to water. The strings in a piano can have a combined stress of over twenty tons. Failure of the glue in the rims lamination's seriously compromises the capability of the rim to sustain these forces.

This type of damage is not commonly sustained in small floods where the water reaches a foot or so, however in a fire the water used to put a fire out is a double whammy because, in the case of a Grand Piano, the water will certainly soak the upper parts of the piano. Second, the piano will also at least sustain smoke and heat damage.

Shallow Water Exposure

In Grand Pianos that have been simply sitting in a few inches of water, but where the water has not reached the level of the case, are not essentially ruined beyond repair, however, the results of moisture still can and usually will take their toll on all of the piano components and even these pianos would best be replaced rather than repaired.
Frequent exposure to excessive humidity can cause rust to form on many of the metal parts in a piano including strings, tuning pins, hardware, action parts, and the cast iron plate that supports the tons of tension exerted by the strings.

Most individuals can not even envision a cast iron plate breaking, however I actually was present one day when a plate did break. Needless to say, that piano was ruined. Kind of sounded like a gun going off in a house. (Very Loud).

The soundboard will also be subjected to the harsh climatic conditions of water or flooding that will cause severe expansion and contraction of the spruce that soundboards in pianos are made from. Soundboards that are made from solid spruce are jointed together in pieces and those joints can become damaged and separated. This usually requires the replacement of the soundboard. This is truly the only way you could insure the soundness of the piano. Any of the components of a piano that are made of wood most likely will sustain damage and have to be replaces.

The finish of the piano can also be water damaged by excessive moisture. The effects on the finish of the piano will also crack along with many other finish defects that will need to be refinished.
A thorough examination of the piano is the only way to determine the extent of the damage. A great question to ask the piano technician before hiring him, is if they have ever done work for insurance agencies.

Exposure to or immersion in water can actually be very damaging to a piano or any furniture for that matter. Even the exposure to extreme changes in temperature and humidity for a few days in unoccupied homes and buildings can create extended instability in a piano that will require numerous tuning's to bring back.

The rim and keybed of the piano are probably the most critical parts in a piano that will determine the severity of long and current term damage. Even the solidity of a great piano such as a Baldwin, Yamaha, or a Kawai's rim can not overcome the natural forces that occur when wood is exposed directly to water.

The only way to actually no how much water damaged areas have been caused is to get a hold of a qualified piano tuner/technician that has had experience with serious water damage of a piano. They should also have some experience working with insurance companies.

The Piano Doctor (Ross Joyner) is an expert in these types of water damaged pianos and has good success in their repairs. Should this ever befall you (hopefully not) I would be happy to help.

Exposure to or immersion in water can without a doubt be very harmful to a piano. Even the exposure to excessive adjusts in temperatures and humidity for a number of days in unoccupied homes and structures can create prolonged instability in a piano that will involve numerous tuning's. Even the solidity of an excellent piano such as a Baldwin, Yamaha, or a Kawai's rim can not conquer the natural forces that arise when wood is exposed directly to water. The soundboard will also be subjected to the harsh climatic conditions of water or flooding that will cause severe expansion and contraction of the spruce that soundboards in pianos are made from. Any of the elements of a piano that are made of wood most likely will suffer damage and have to be switches out.

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