The problem with the pianos is probably humidity related.....here in Iowa i have two customers who's grand pinblocks suddendly went out ...or atleast it appears so this spring....they were alright last fall but we had such a severe winter...w/ record low temps (-26F)...etc... lots of blasts of canadian and artic air here....i think it was much drier than usual for a winter...people who did not add humidity to their homes as in these cases, are paying for it now....these pianos i'm talking about are 50+ years old....pin blocks were "OK"....but maybe just to the point where neglect would push them over the edge....imagine the look on their faces when i told them how much it was going to cost them to replace it!!!! It seems to me that this canadian upright problem is from lack of humidity and not being in a garage overnight.... Rich A. Coe College Music Dept.
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