Black Market Pianos now HC's

[Farrell]

Dry wood down to a lower MC prior to assembly. That would tend to lessen the 
chance of the piano pulling apart in a dry environment. 'Course, I suppose 
it would tend to increase the chance the piano might explode in a moist 
environement!

I'm not supporting any of these practices - whatever they may really be. I 
think wood in a piano should be dried down to an EMC in a 40 to 50% RH 
environemnt prior to assembly and then the piano kept in such an 
environment. Period. Use humidity control.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
> Out of curiosity:
>
> "So I think the manufacturing process was adjusted to have the pianos 
> survive some of these
> more extreme climates."
>
> What do you suppose they would have changed in the manufacturing side to 
> make the pianos survive these extremes?
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, California
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
>
>>By HC, I assume you meant MC = moisture content?
>
>>I agree with you completely Paul. Seems silly to me. My understanding is
>>that Yamaha first experienced problems with some of their pianos when the
>>first started exporting them to North America. The pianos were "seasoned"
>>for the Japanese climate - which, as I understand it, is on the humid side
>>and is completely/nearly devoid of any really dry climates. When these
>>pianos starting living in places like Arizona and Minnesota (in the 
>>winter -
>>next to the wood stove), some of them started imploding. So I think the
>>manufacturing process was adjusted to have the pianos survive some of 
>>these
>>more extreme climates.
>
>>Personally, I think climate control in one form or another should be
>>paramount with pianos - this business of changing manufacturing MCs for a
>>target climate seems a bit silly to me.
>
>>Terry Farrell