Outdoors piano care

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If stage lighting is available you might consider sticking a parr light can at half power under the piano over nights.  Should help vs condensation.

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From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> 

> Keep in mind, condensation at night...I'm not sure what you would do about that 
> or if it would be a problem... 
> 
> David Ilvedson, RPT 
> Pacifica, California 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- 
> From: "Carman Gentile" 
> To: pianotech at ptg.org 
> Received: 5/11/2006 4:07:21 PM 
> Subject: Outdoors piano care 
> 
> 
> >My colleagues, 
> 
> > 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. 
> 
> > 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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