<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Jeff,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have some experience with storing a piano in a climate controlled box, pulling it out the afternoon of the performance, tuning it, playing it, then putting it back in the box immediately afterwards. The conditions I'm now dealing with could be a bit more extreme, ie better control in the box, and a somewhat more dramatic change on stage most of the time, but my previous experiences have been satisfactory and I'm under the impression that it's SOP, no?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It's taking it out and leaving it out for a couple days on a regular basis that has me worried.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The frequent use issue is something else and I think they just want to use their new piano a lot at least temporarily.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>On top of it all is the fact that's it's green piano, fresh from NYC.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Carl</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 9, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Jeff Tanner wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Hi Carl,<DIV>My recommendation would be to use the rebuilt piano for teaching and save the new piano for performances. You simply cannot keep a piano that is being constantly used for teaching and rehearsals in concert condition. Regarding the climate issue. Anytime you pull that piano out of a climate controlled closet and it hits a change, you will introduce instability to the piano. The effects of climate change are immediate. It will be out of tune for performances if the hall is different from the closet where it is kept in optimum condtion.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>We keep our recital pianos on the stage all the time. We only use the closets when something else is going on and there isn't room for the pianos. They're really unstable when the room is unstable. But when the room climate stabilizes, it usually isn't anywhere near any optimum climate target we would have in a piano closet. So, we're better off having them out all the time. At least they will be more stable for performances.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Good luck,</DIV><DIV>Jeff</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 8, 2007, at 9:13 PM, Carl Root wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I've just finished my first semester of piano service at a local community college - forty odd pianos.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Things are going fine, but the purchase of a new Steinway 'B' has raised an interesting issue that maybe you all can help me solve.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The department head knows of this post and has indicated he will be guided by your recommendations.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The piano will be stored in a small room (large closet?) with fairly sophisticated climate control equipment.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>It will be rolled out onto the stage of a small auditorium for performances, but there is some interest in bringing it out for classes on stage a couple days a week as well.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Given that the temperature and humidity is all over the place on stage, I'm concerned about the effects on the piano having it go back and forth every forty-eight hours or so alternating between 42% and who knows what.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">There is another older rebuild 'B' on stage which is not a teacher favorite, and they'd like to use the new one as much as possible.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I'm not too keen on this 48-hour cycle and would rather have it used only for performances.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Comments?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Suggestions?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Carl D. Root, RPT</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Jeff Tanner, RPT</DIV><DIV>Piano Technician</DIV><DIV>School of Music</DIV><DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV><DIV>Columbia, SC 29208</DIV><DIV>(803) 777-4392</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>