[CAUT] Climate Control

[wimblees at aol.com]

Steve

The primary reason pianos go out of tune is changes in temperature and humidity. It won't "hurt" the pianos, but you're going to be kept busy for several weeks after the heat is back on,?getting the pianos to stay in tune. If you're a contract tuner, the school might wind up paying you what they saved in energy costs. 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Mililani, Oahu, HI
808-349-2943
Author of: 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Snyder <shsnyder1 at verizon.net>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 2:53 pm
Subject: [CAUT] Climate Control


Dear Colleagues,?
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One of the institutions I work for is going to lower the temperature in all campus buildings to 50 degrees from Dec. 25 to Jan. 2 They will still be maintaining the humidity level at around 35% during this time. My department chair has asked me if this will have an adverse effect on the pianos. I told him that I didn't think the pianos would suffer for that period of time. We are in the great Northeast ! I would like to get some of your thoughts on this. Thanks.?
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Regards,?
Steve Snyder?
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