Ron Nossaman wrote: > > You know without a doubt that those 1890s Knabes weren't pampered in a > stable heat and humidity environment for most, if any, of their lives. > Climate control conditions that outrage us now were as good as it got for > most of the pianos still out there when they were new. I think it quite likey to assume that the drawing room of a house with people daily live and carry out their lives is quite likely to be quite a bit more stable then a church auditorium in several ways. One is more likely to keep a useable living temperature, and one is less likely to push and shove the piano all over the room, or in and out of house on the back of an open trailer because of some wedding or reception somewhere. And the general useage picture is bound to be much more modest in the home then in the instution, not to mention the fact that a private owner is less likely (generally speaking) to treat the instrument as if it was interested in the spiked punch. > > Let's quit excusing the piano and blaming the climate control for > everything we find wrong with a piano and start expecting pianos to be more > realistically durable under real world conditions. No, that doesn't mean > they should last forever, but they ought to last a few years under > reasonable care and still sound like pianos. I would rather say, lets stop blaming the manufacturers when we know that poor climate control, lack of service, misuse of instruments and the like are definante major detrimants to the life of an instrument.... especially given the rather selective employment of the "its the manufacturers fault" I say again, I have yet to see any piano of any quality make that did not hold up quite well given reasonable climatic conditions, at least some form of periodic service, reasonable useage. Pianos that go bad, are most always treated poorly, and pianos that survive 100 years have most always been treated reasonably well. > And I thoroughly disagree with the concept that pianos deteriorate because > of lack of service, and won't if they are adequately serviced. They will > deteriorate at the rate, and in the manner dictated by their materials, > design, construction, and yes, climate. I have never run into a wear and tear curve on an instrument that wasnt exponential in nature myself. The more its worn and torn, the faster it wears and tears further. No opinion there me thinks... > > But that's just my opinion. > > Ron N > -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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