Perhaps an easier way to protect the piano from condensation upon moving it into a warm, more humid environment would be to stick a couple damp-chaser rods or light bulbs, or any heat source inside the piano before bringing it in - like overnight. Even better, throw a moving blanket over the piano with the heat source both inside and outside (like under the keybed - but of course under the blanket). The aim would be to heat it up to the 70 degrees or so.That will preheat it and you will not have a condensation problem. I would suppose this would work fine even if the heat source had to be off for an hour or so to deliver such a piano. But still there are stability issues and it would still be a bit of torture on the piano - preheating won't do too much for that. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 11:32 PM Subject: Re: pianos in freezing temps. > Hi Tom > > Ever hear of condensation? There will be *lots* super seal the piano in > plastic and wrap it in blankets to insulate and let the temperature climb > slowly. > > At 06:31 PM 09/09/2000 -0400, you wrote: > > F. for example when brought to 70 degrees within a few hours. Thanks > >,Tom Driscoll RPT > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > > Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts > > drose@dlcwest.com > http://donrose.htmlplanet.com/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >
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