How about wrapping it in pallet wrap? You can get a roll from U-haul that comes on its own dispenser. Just wrap that baby up! Shouldn't take more than about 3 minutes! -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:52 PM, <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote: > Hi Terry, > > So here are some of the gory details. There is an elaborate set-up on the > stage, all of which must happen the night before, into which the piano must > be ensconced and there remain. How I wish that the piano could be in its > garage overnight... > > Thanks for your input, > > Alan E. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 8:38 am > Subject: Re: [pianotech] when to tune... > > Isn't there any way to avoid leaving the piano outside overnight? Unless > you have unusual weather, the high humidity at dawn is just gonna kill it. > Maybe a nearby garage? Anything but outside. Your thoughts on a morning > tuning and then again right before the fact sounds reasonable. > > How fast can you tune? I tuned a few outdoors and if the sun is able to > get at it at all, I've never been able to finish a tuning prior to it being > way out of tune again. > > Good luck! > > Terry Farrell > > On Oct 7, 2010, at 1:01 PM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote: > > This Saturday a piano in my care will be used in an outdoor performance. I > have been allotted time from 7-9 AM to service it, and again at 1 PM prior > to the 2 PM down beat. I will also be able to spend time with it Friday > afternoon, INdoors. Friday night, everything goes "outside." The piano > will be covered (floor-length skirt), but, aside from that, will spend the > night exposed to the elements. > > My question is this: Do y'all think it would be productive or > counterproductive to tune the piano from 7-9 AM, or am I better off letting > it warm up (and dry out!) during the morning hours, then do what I can in > the time just before the performance (assuming, of course, that I do not get > bumped from that slot!). > > Thoughts? > > Thanks, > > Alan Eder > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101007/d1a9504c/attachment-0001.htm>
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