what to do, what to do...

[paul bruesch]

Daniel,

I see that you live in Amarillo. Having experienced one spring and one
summer in your city (working at Santa Fe Energy), I know how extremely HOT
and DRY it gets there. I'm curious, as others have mentioned, about the RH
in your shop, especially as compared to the home where it's lived all these
years. If the winter and early spring have been moderately humid, I imagine
it's possible that these cracks have always been there and open and close
every year, and you just didn't see them because they weren't open yet a
couple weeks ago.

What do other desert-dwelling techs do to humidify their shops?

Paul

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 11:35 AM, daniel carlton <hacicspe at gmail.com> wrote:

> hello list
>
> a customer of mine had a piano that belonged to her recently deceased
> father and she wanted to give it to someone that could make some good use of
> it, so i took it thinking i could tune it, shape the hammers a little, do a
> quick regulation and sell it. it's a Bradbury #111850, ca 1933.
>
> i had another customer wanting to upgrade from her current piano, so i
> showed it to her, explaining i would clean it, service it, and tune it. we
> decided on a price and approximate date of deliverly.
>
> my main problem now is that since i moved it into my shop, hairline cracks
> have developed in the soundboard. you should be able to see them in the
> photo i've attached. now i realize that's not necessarily a big deal as far
> as the sound and playability of the piano, but the problem is that the
> potential buyer didn't know about it when she decided to purchase it, and i
> had no way of knowing it would do that. i'm thinking i'll just explain that
> the cracks only developed after sitting in my shop and i could take a little
> off the price. any thoughts, suggestions, ideas?
>
> thanks
>
> daniel carlton
>
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