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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>No relation, but when you Google, John Ross, he
beats me. LOL</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<A title=jlolson@cal.net href="mailto:jlolson@cal.net">Jeff Olson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Query about "Cold
Storage"</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks, guys (and gal!) for the input. On
second thought, I think I may move to San Diego... :-) (Especially after
reading your account, Otto, which was frightening on many different levels
:)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So the winters have been mild, Tim? My
aunt, who lives in Brookings, says the same thing. I'll be residing in a
small town rather north of that, so I hope that holds (she's lately referred
to a rumor about an impending "harsh winter" that sounds almost like an
anticipated ice age or something:).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This business of heating up the garage from very
cold and then spraying, and then, presumably, letting the garage cool down
some time thereafter is somewhat worrisome to me. I don't doubt it could
work, but it seems that if you didn't keep the place warm enough for some
period -- a day or two? -- you'd be putting your finish at risk. Also,
unless the garage or shop is really insulated, even to keep at it near-70% for
a day or two would be costly, wouldn't it (that would include keeping it warm
all night)? I had thought, as John Ross suggested, to damp-chase any
piano I had in my garage; the suggestion about moisture rising from the cement
floor struck me as a good caution (incidentally, John, any relationship to the
famous Cherokee Indian John Ross?)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Damn, I may just take up ice fishing or
something in the dead of winter instead of piano work...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>:-( JeffO</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=tcoates1@sio.midco.net href="mailto:tcoates1@sio.midco.net">Tim
Coates</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:05
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Query about "Cold
Storage"</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Jeff,<BR><BR>Having lived in SD for 41 years and been a piano
technician here for 34 years I need to clarify a few things. We don't get
sub zero temps very often any more. The wind chill can get it down there,
but the past 10 years have been pretty mild. I really like a good blizzard
because it is a gift: absolutely helpless to do nothing but stay home or
work in the shop. It is a rather pressure releasing situation. People who
try to beat a storm are considered foolish. The winters have been almost too
mild because we need the moisture from the snow to help the agricultural
industry. Agriculture is still our number one industry. Credit cards and
health services are catching up, though.<BR><BR>There is more humidity in
cold air than if you take the same air and heat it. Use a good humidity
gauge and do a test to see the differential. I don't recommend to customers
to store a piano in an unheated area for more than a year. The important
aspect is not to warm the piano too fast. Condensation will develop. My home
piano spent 5 years in an unheated garage before I did anything with it. It
is solid as a rock even though it isn't a top of the line constructed piano.
I know technicians around here who have refinished in their garages during
the winter, they just did the proper warming before and after spraying.
<BR><BR>Hope this helps.<BR><BR>Tim Coates<BR>University of South
Dakota<BR>University of Sioux Falls<BR><BR>On Sep 26, 2005, at 9:18 PM, Jeff
Olson wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Many of you probably hail
from "hardier" climates than I, and since I'm about to move to a hardier
(euphemism) climate -- South Dakota -- I've been wondering about the
effects of sub-zero temperatures on pianos. Do any of you who
reside in cold climes store your pianos in a shop/garage over the
winter. If so, any negative
consequences?<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR> <BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>I'm
fairly sure that wood finishing would be out of the question during those
cold months without adequate
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