[CAUT] Query about "Cold Storage"

[Otto Keyes]

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Started out in Michael Wathen's wood-heated garage in Sioux City, IA.  =
Did finishing in the dead of winter.  Would get the place as hot as we =
could, kill the fire & then shoot the piano.  Even then I didn't =
subscribe to the Big Bang theory.  (Come to think of it now, I should =
have just shot some of those PSO's!)  It cooled off so fast that the =
laquer on the edges away from the fire would sometimes blush anyway. =20

Had no tilter at the time, so I would lay the things down on their backs =
to string, etc.  I remember trying to get an ex-player set back up by =
myself.  I had straps around the back posts (at least I thought that far =
ahead) to lift it up again.  I did okay until Igot it high enough to hit =
the wheels, then it would take off.  Should have waited to repair those =
casters.  I finally chased it into a corner where I could get the toe =
blocks against the wall to stop it so I could get my hands under it to =
pull it upright.  Probably the beginning of my back & shoulder trouble!  =
What a Pig!    :-)     Wasn't nearly as funny then!!

Otto

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Jeff Olson=20
  To: College and University Technicians=20
  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 7:18 PM
  Subject: [CAUT] Query about "Cold Storage"


  Many of you probably hail from "hardier" climates than I, and since =
I'm about to move to a hardier (euphemism) climate -- South Dakota -- =
I've been wondering about the effects of  sub-zero temperatures on =
pianos.  Do any of you who reside in cold climes store your pianos in a =
shop/garage over the winter.  If so, any negative consequences?

  I'm fairly sure that wood finishing would be out of the question =
during those cold months without adequate heating....

  JeffO

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