Results are In! Re: moisture in wool or wood.

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

    I don't really believe that plastic parts are affected in any way by
humidity. Wool, yes. Plastic, No. The Kawai ABS parts don't seem to be
affected, as evidenced by the fact that they remain tight from the factory.
When I see a Baldwin come in from Arkansas, I know I'm going to have to
tighten every screw on them, because the flanges have dried some. When I see
a piano come in from Kawai, I check, but they seem tight enough that if I
get them a little tighter it might be because I have stronger hands than the
factory worker, that's about all.



Kevin E. Ramsey, R.P.T.
ramsey@extremezone.com
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Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: Results are In! Re: moisture in wool or wood.


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> On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 10:02:04 -0600 Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
> writes:
> . I still think the cloth is
> > a, if not the major player here.
> >
> >
> > Ron N
>
> HI Ron -
>
> It really wouldn't surprise me, either, but I still have a hard time
> removing the wood from the formula.   I guess I just can't picture the
> bushing being so forgiving in it's equalization of the compression when a
> hole gets oval, but it certainly is very possible.  BTW,  was there a
> concensus on the performance of the plastic parts in regards to humidity
> changes?  I don't seem to recall...
>
> This is an interesting discussion, and challenges very basic long held
> assumptions, at least by me...
>
> Mark Potter
> bases-loaded@juno.com
>