water inside the piano

What a disaster!

Was the action removed immediately? I hope so, because if water reaches the hammers, they are difficult to recover.

The other parts, if it is only an area limited to the high notes, can be dried. Clean well with cloths even between the agraffes and the strings.

Nothing unrecoverable obviously, but check the action as well. To evaluate better, one would need to see.

thanks for the timely help!!!

the action is dry....did I do well to dry the strings with a hair dryer???

It's perfect if the action is dry; a little bit of water on the strings and the soundboard won't cause problems.

As long as it has been dried well, the method doesn't matter. Whatever was done is perfectly fine.

thanks!!!!!

But if you have your trusted technician nearby, I would ask them to come and check the situation; you never know, sometimes a more experienced eye sees things that a pianist might not see.

yes I already asked him to come immediately!!

Hi Nancy, I am truly sorry for this serious inconvenience, I hope you can recover the piano 100%. If the false ceiling was made of plasterboard, it will likely have to be redone, whereas if the insulating material is not one with the ceiling (plasterboard?), it is certainly recoverable.

fortunately everything is decoupled. the plasterboard was only for finishing. then between the ceiling and the plasterboard there are multiple layers of soundproofing and sound-insulating material decoupled from each other... I just hope that at this point it doesn't fall on my head!!!

the upright piano, upon initial inspection, appears unharmed... but when I saw the water falling into it, I was the one who felt injured!!!!!

thanks for the solidarity!!... now I have moved "the boy" to safety....but it keeps raining

If it can console you, I have seen many pianos, even valuable ones, where the lady of the house had placed her vases and flowers for years. Every now and then, the water for watering them would fall through the hinge of the small lid... if it's not much, or if it all comes at once, it doesn't reach the action; it should actually flood. But the water stains the soundboard, mixes with the dust, and after decades, it is not a pretty sight.

Once, it happened that a storm arrived during the rebuilding of a roof; they hadn't put down the protective tarps. In that case, there was a lot of water and the piano was ruined, dried out, etc. etc...

oh yes this consoles me a lot... I keep looking at it and looking at it again and indeed having intervened immediately (with the hairdryer) and having moved it made it so that it was a minimal thing... and thanks also to your intervention and Giovanni's I am much more calm!! I am furious with the neighbors though..... but that is another story!! the important thing is the piano...

Dear, I am only just reading about the damage you have suffered!!!!!! I am so incredibly sorry. Fortunately, Giovanni's promptness has reassured you. Besides, if the hammers and the action are also dry, everything is recoverable. Once everything is well-insulated and dry, it will be possible to evaluate whether there was moisture absorption that may have affected the center pins of the action. But you will see that everything will be fine. Cover it with a cloth and do not leave any water on the floor near the instrument. Naturally, uncover the instrument and let air circulate when the rains stop. I am very sorry, but you will see that everything will be resolved. The idea of calling a technician to check is wise! Sending you a hug

Naturally, keep us informed.

Thank you for the comfort and solidarity....we hope to be able to give good news! For now everything seems dry and in order...

How is the instrument doing?

at the moment it seems fine. i had it clearly checked and tuned and everything seems to be in order.

thanks for asking me!

Very unpleasant thing... I can imagine the traffic and the dismay... but now that everything is okay, how is the plan?

fabio73 wrote:

Very unpleasant thing... I can imagine the traffic and the dismay... but now that everything is okay, how is the piano?

hi Fabio!... fortunately it didn't cause any damage. I had already imagined horror movies about moldy felts, swollen woods and rusted strings... but fortunately it was only a scare!!  

Ha ha ha... horror movie... great..

No, instead sometimes instruments react well to surges..

The important thing is that everything was resolved.

Happy for you.. bye.