Gee Ron, what did the city mayor do to you?? Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG Santa Clara, California cmpiano@attbi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 9:21 PM Subject: RE: out of the box Pearls > > >Ron, > > While prepping a Story and Clark-Chinese Vertical , I tried to > >remove the bags from the bottom of the piano, except they were stapled > >down and the bag fell apart. Those little dingle balls went every where > >and I said some very bad words. > > Tom Driscoll > > > Hi Tom, > Silica gel, or whatever the desiccant de jour may happen to be at the > moment, is a wonderful thing in it's proper usage, but... > > What is it doing in a piano? There is a finite amount of moisture any given > desiccant can absorb. If the shipping crate is hermetically sealed, then > the piano isn't going to absorb any more moisture than was in the air at > the time it was packed, so without the benefit of any packaged desiccants, > it's already at, and shall forevermore remain at, equilibrium moisture > content of the contained environment - as long as the moisture barrier > isn't breached. If the crate isn't hermetically sealed, then no conceivable > quantity of desiccant can protect it from moisture in transit, or storage, > or time on the open docks during thunderstorms, hurricanes, and labor union > strikes. > > All things considered, in pianos the stuff is utterly superfluous and > functionally useless - like a city mayor. So why is it packed in a piano in > the first place, much less in places, and by methods that make it a pain in > the butt to remove? Also like a city mayor, come to think of it. > > Just wondering. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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