Good point Ron. I forget that some people actually HEAT their homes..... Terry in Tampa (HOT Tampa!) On Jun 20, 2010, at 12:16 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote: > allan at sutton.net wrote: >> Thank you Terry, That precision : "different pianos, different >> solutions" seems very appropriate to me. > > I pretty much agree with Terry. Big seasonal (or weekly) humidity > swings are a major accelerator to aging, and stability is much more > important than the absolute number. > > >> Another question : Do many agree that a small external humidifier >> near the piano will help significantly in adding some humidity to >> every part of the piano when needed (soundboard and pinblock and >> action, in a grand piano), albeit as a second choice to whole room >> conditioning ? > > It depends on the heating system. With something like room contained > convection or radiant heating, an auxiliary humidifier will, or can, > help. With a forced air system whatever humidity you put into any > given room is sucked out and distributed throughout the house. So > unless your humidifier in building wide a forced air system is going > through eight gallons or so a day, it's probably not going to help > much. > Ron N
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