Hi Steve, I think you may find the pianos will go sharp probably by about 8 cents. When the temperature goes back to normal they will return to near the same pitch they were at on Dec 24. It will take them 30 days to stabilize humidity wize. At 07:53 PM 12/12/2008 -0500, you wrote: >Dear Colleagues, > >One of the institutions I work for is going to lower the temperature >in all campus buildings to 50 degrees from Dec. 25 to Jan. 2 They >will still be maintaining the humidity level at around 35% during this >time. My department chair has asked me if this will have an adverse >effect on the pianos. I told him that I didn't think the pianos >would suffer for that period of time. We are in the great >Northeast ! I would like to get some of your thoughts on this. >Thanks. > >Regards, >Steve Snyder > > > > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.17/1845 - Release Date: 12/12/2008 9:02 AM > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716
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