Windows and pianos

[Peter KESTENS]

Ed,

You have to take care of two things:  I hope you don't place your piano with
a window where the sun shines all the day.  Is your piano brown, than you'll
see the glossy color will disappear within a few years; and the sun might
heat your piano VERY much, with all the consequenses for tunings,...
Greetings,
Peter
't MUZIEKINSTRUMENTENATELIER
PETER KESTENS
BELGIUM
KESTENS.P@DEBCOM.BE
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Van: ETomlinCF3 <ETomlinCF3@aol.com>
Aan: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Datum: zondag 25 januari 1998 23:56
Onderwerp: Windows and pianos


>Mike Hoffman asks if anyone is seeing lots of pianos in windows.  I am
>building a new 2500+ sq ft home and I also will place it in front of a
large
>bay window...because it makes me happy to play it there.  Customers should
>place the piano where they want it, within reason.  I encourage them to do
so.
>Pianos should be played and looked at. If it makes them love it more than
so
>be it.  I let them know of the risks and how it will shorten the life of
the
>finish and the piano...but tell them if you tune and service it more often
and
>still wish to have it there then fine.  I get to visit them more often and
>they enjoy the piano more.  A win, win situation in my book.
>
>Ed Tomlinson
>
>
><< By the way, are you folks out there seeing more and more giant homes
with
> pianos directly in front of giant windows?  The poor beasts are cooking to
> death.  No screens or shades possible, of course...you wouldn't want to
ruin
> the look of that room.  And amazingly, in a 5,000 square foot house, this
is
> the ONLY spot that the piano can be located!
>
> Go figure.
>
> Stay Tuned,
>
> Mike Hoffman, RPT >>