We've had comparatively mild winters here in New England for a number of years, so folks have been a bit shocked by the string of subzero days we had in January. The relative humidity took a major dive too, and the results are now being noted. A local school system replaced their worn out pianos last year, and I had the displeasure of pointing out four cracks in their year old Boston grand's soundboard. And last week when I pointed out some cracks in a church's older KG-2D's soundboard, and suggested a Dampp-Chaser System might help with tuning stability and the continued survival of the board, the pastor and music director decided to drop by a piano dealer to ask them what they thought of Dampp-Chasers. The sales woman's reply was that during the cold snap the mall's heat got cranked up higher, and several pianos on the floor sprouted major cracks! So ... The church decided to have the DC installed this week. I realize this may not be "major news" but at least it isn't totally off topic! Patrick
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