This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/related attachment ------=_NextPart_001_008B_01C5FCE9.BF3A5DA0 Next Friday I will be tuning a 7-foot Yamaha grand piano for a 5-piece = jazz performance. The stage will be outside under a tent roof. The piano = will be delivered and set up on the stage on Wednesday. So, whatever the = weather is doing at that time it will have a couple days to trash the = piano one way or another, no doubt. I feel comfortable going into this situation, but I must admit, I = haven't a clue as to what to expect. Winter day time is usually pretty = dry down here in central Florida, yet most nights humidity goes right up = to 100%. Anyone with any constructive thoughts on this one? What to prepare for, = etc., etc.? Any horror stories about similar situations? I was thinking that what the dude really needs to do is install a = high-power DC dehumidification system under the piano with a good bottom = cover and then put one of those quilted covers over the entire piano. = Can't imagine they'll do it, but seems to me anything less is courting = disaster - unstable tuning, sluggish action, etc., etc. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 A lovely article from today's Financial Times of London (ft.com) http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1b588c30-6859-11da-bfce-0000779e2340.html Peruvian piano tuner's alternative medicine for a Steinway grand By Marguerite Wolff=20 Published: December 9 2005 02:00 | Last updated: December 9 2005 02:00 From Ms Marguerite Wolff. =20 Sir, One of the dreads of a concert pianist is to face playing on a = piano affected by humidity. The piano can be good, bad or indifferent, = small or large, the effect is the same; sluggish sound and enormous = difficulty in playing rapid and filigree finger work. I have just returned from Peru giving concerts and was going to give a = concert at the residence of the British ambassador, playing an exacting = programme of Chopin-Liszt. It was a beautiful sunny day. Everything seemed perfect - a = delightful, co-operative ambassador, beautiful music room, above all a = Steinway grand that had been tuned and a humidifier used in the room. = But alas, there was tremendous humidity. I was in despair. The tuner = returned and I begged him to use all his skills and time. He then took the entire action out of the piano and put it on a stone = step on the terrace in the sunshine for a few few hours, and said: "That = will do more than anything I can do." That night at the concert the piano played like a dream. Marguerite Wolff, London W1B 1NS ------=_NextPart_001_008B_01C5FCE9.BF3A5DA0 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b1/44/65/a0/attachment.htm ------=_NextPart_001_008B_01C5FCE9.BF3A5DA0-- ---------------------- multipart/related attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/octet-stream Size: 61 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/77/cf/59/05/attachment.obj ---------------------- multipart/related attachment--
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