90%+ of homes in Florida range from around 75% RH in the summer to at the lowest around 35% RH in the winter. The modern Florida home is one of the kinder environments for pianos I think. Now for those few clients of mine that do not have air conditioning ................. Oh, and the cruise ships. I tune a bunch of Yamaha C3s on two large Carnival cruise ships. The floors where the pianos are have no openings to the outside. The AC runs 24/7. These pianos are incredibly stable. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:59 AM Subject: Re: More on soundboard crown > Hi Sarah, > > Steam you say? How about 4% to 84%? Even under those extremes a complete > Damppchaser system *can* keep pitch within 2 cents on any note for 12 to 36 > months (depending on the instrument) > > I can see non wood soundboard assemblys with mason and hamelin screw > stringer technology that may result in a piano that needs very little service. > > At 10:42 AM 8/14/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi Terry, > > > >Also, consider your market. You Floridians live in steam. Wouldn't it be > >great to have a soundboard that doesn't "care" about the humidity? Think of > >pianos by the poolside. Think of cruise ships! ;-) Consider the larger > >commercial potential. A means for replicating wood's high frequency loss > >would certaintly be worthy of a patent, and the idea could be sold to the > >manufacturers. We could kill the killer octave! ;-) > > > >Seriously, would you be interested in such a thing???? > > > >Peace, > >Sarah > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > > mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca > http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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