---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Jeff, Having lived in SD for 41 years and been a piano technician here for 34=20= years I need to clarify a few things. We don't get sub zero temps very=20= often any more. The wind chill can get it down there, but the past 10=20= years have been pretty mild. I really like a good blizzard because it=20= is a gift: absolutely helpless to do nothing but stay home or work in=20= the shop. It is a rather pressure releasing situation. People who=20 try to beat a storm are considered foolish. The winters have been=20 almost too mild because we need the moisture from the snow to help the=20= agricultural industry. Agriculture is still our number one industry. =20= Credit cards and health services are catching up, though. There is more humidity in cold air than if you take the same air and=20 heat it. Use a good humidity gauge and do a test to see the=20 differential. I don't recommend to customers to store a piano in an=20 unheated area for more than a year. The important aspect is not to=20 warm the piano too fast. Condensation will develop. My home piano=20 spent 5 years in an unheated garage before I did anything with it. It=20= is solid as a rock even though it isn't a top of the line constructed=20= piano. I know technicians around here who have refinished in their=20 garages during the winter, they just did the proper warming before and=20= after spraying. Hope this helps. Tim Coates University of South Dakota University of Sioux Falls On Sep 26, 2005, at 9:18 PM, Jeff Olson wrote: > Many of you probably hail from "hardier" climates than I, and since=20 > I'm about to move to a hardier (euphemism) climate -- South Dakota --=20= > I've been wondering about the effects of=A0 sub-zero temperatures on=20= > pianos.=A0 Do any of you who reside in cold climes store your pianos = in=20 > a shop/garage over the winter.=A0 If so, any negative consequences? > =A0 > I'm fairly sure that wood finishing would be out of the question=20 > during those cold months without adequate heating.... > =A0 > JeffO= ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2182 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/ee/94/1a/68/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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