Hi Jean-Jacques, Increasing humidity will generally increase whatever crown and bear are existant--but over the long term it will not maintain it. The crown will still gradually disappear over time. The loss may happen at a slower rate, if humidity never changes. At 04:17 PM 4/11/2005 +0200, you wrote: >Hello list and Ron, > >I can see that maintaining a crown 'restored', so to speak, by steaming the >soundboard would be a problem. I assume this could only be tried on an >instrument that has spent much time in a very dry environment and is moved to an >area that has normal or even high humidity levels. Whould this change alone be >sufficient to maintain the crown? > >About the glue joints coming apart, I can see that this would indeed by a risk >factor. How about using a simple humidifier instead of steaming? > >Thanks for the comments, > >Peace > >Jean-Jacques Granas >Warsaw > > > >---------------------------------------------------- >Rozliczasz swój PIT? Rozlicz się z sercem! >Przeznacz swój podatek na uśmiech i nadzieję potrzebujących dzieci! >Kliknij: http://klik.wp.pl/?adr=www.jedenprocent.wp.pl&sid=351 > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 4/7/2005 > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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