Outdoors piano care

[pianolady50 at peoplepc.com]

Hi Carman,

I worked with a tech who, for many years, was the tuner for the Clearwater
Jazz Holiday, in FL.  Outdoors mid October!  Wide temp swings were the norm
.  Event held (pretty much) rain or shine, sometimes delayed a bit because
of downpours (The stage had a roof that could be lowered).  Your advice was
solid.  Just be prepared to well prep, solidly tune (as always,of course)
and then anticipate lots of follow up diddling.  He always had the "use and
by who" schedule well in advance and would check and clean up anything
necessary before each user.

Debbie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carman Gentile" <cgpiano at humboldt1.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:07 PM
Subject: Outdoors piano care


> My colleagues,
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>   A local hotel wants to move their 1985 Yamaha G1 grand to an outdoor
> stage for a two-week jazz festival in June. They asked me what precautions
> they should take.
>    I advised them thus:
> 1. Keep the piano out of direct sunlight at all times.
> 2. Keep the Dampp-Chaser humidity control system plugged in at all times.
> 3. At night cover the piano with thick blankets.
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>   It will be for the last two weeks of June where the temperatures here
are
> mild:
>   AVERAGE MAX TEMPERATURE......  62.7
>   AVERAGE MIN TEMPERATURE......  52.1
>   AVERAGE TEMPERATURE..........  57.4
> If (unlikely) rain were predicted, they would move it back indoors.
>
>    Do you folks have any additional advice?
>
> Carman Gentile
> Redwood Chapter
> Humboldt County, Northern California
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