<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [CAUT] FW: [admin] Piano storage</TITLE> <META http-equiv=content-type content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>I have never been a fan of climate controlled piano storage.  Maybe for long term protection it's ok.  However the concert hall I work for has a great climate controlled room for their 2 Steinway D's and it does not do me any favors.  The pianos are used  for events 3 to 5 times a week (sometimes more) and that means yanking them in and out of climate control into a different humidity environment on stage.  This all adds up to tune instability.  When I finally convinced them to keep it on stage 24-7 tune stability settled down and every one is happier.  Especially me!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ron Engle</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:29:27 -0700 Fred Sturm <<A href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</A>> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV>This certainly seems like a recurring theme. Has anyone compiled posts on this subject, so we might put a bundle together and archive them, maybe on the caut page resource area? Long term, that might be the beginning of a FAQ aimed at administrators and faculty, as well as cauts. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico On 2/20/07 10:48 AM, "Porritt, David" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> wrote: </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE>This came to the admin list and I thought it would be appropriate here.  Dr. Olson is not a CAUT subscriber so anything you write here he won’t see.  If anyone has actual information that would be helpful to him, you might reply to him personally mailto:AOLSON@nwmissouri.edu David M. Porritt dporritt@smu.edu <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> From: admin-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:admin-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Olson,Anthony Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:34 AM To: caut-owner@ptg.org Subject: [admin] Piano storage Greetings from Northwest Missouri State University, I have a question that I am hoping you can help me with.  We just got a new Steinway for our recital hall this spring and I am looking into the possibility of having our construction crew design and build a storage space for our pianos that is temperature/humidity controlled.  Our construction manager is wants to learn more before embarking on the project.  Are there individuals you would recommend that he visit with as he researches this topic? Sincerely, Tony ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dr. Anthony Olson, DMA     Assistant Professor of Piano      Northwest Missouri State University         800 University Drive           Maryville, MO  64468           Phone: (660) 562-1318               www.lyricduo.com <https://email.nwmissouri.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.lyricduo.com> </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>