<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3157" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/27/07 1:35:35 P.M. Hawaiian Standard Time, jajones2@wisc.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>All,<BR><BR>Anyone have any experience with any bad results from long term<BR>storage of a grand on it's side??   My situation is a grand that is<BR>new, but has been in storage 2 years and will likely remain there<BR>another 3 or more.<BR><BR>I'm wondering what happens to the felt bushings?<BR>Is there any relief  for the weight of the hammer on there bushings?<BR>Does anyone have any results of damage caused by this length of storage?<BR><BR>Thanks in advance for your experiences.<BR><BR>Joel<BR>Joel Jones, RPT<BR>Madison, WI<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joel</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When I had a store in St. Louis, some of the new grands I got had been sitting in the warehouse in Elizabethtown for several years. When they were unpacked, the actions worked fine. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The main concern of a piano in storage is not with the action, but the effects on the finish of the side of the piano. Is the piano sitting not only on blankets, but on a skid board or pallet of some sort? In other words, not directly on a concrete floor, even on a blanket. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>