<div dir="ltr"><div>Surprisingly, I actually thought of that, also! LOL </div> <div> </div> <div>Avery <br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Ron Nossaman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div class="Ih2E3d"><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I have a customer who's still in that position who owns a late 1800's Knabe grand. Around 1890, I think. My question is that because of its age, is this instrument more likely than newer types to develop any damage/problems in the future from not being in air-conditioning for that long? It's been restrung somewhere along the way but beside minor repairs, I believe that is all that's ever been done to it, except tuning. The weather hasn't been TOO bad but the temperature /has/ gotten into the low to mid 90's and humidity into the 70%+ range during the day. I'm concerned primarily about any possible structural problems with an instrument this old.<br>  I'm hoping that some of you who are more experienced with wood of all kinds could give me some information here. Thanks.<br> Avery Todd, RPT<br>Houston, TX<br></blockquote><br></div>Avery,<br>In the 110-120 years of it's life, how many of those years do you suppose were spent in air conditioning?<br> <br>I wouldn't worry about it.<br>Ron N<br></blockquote></div><br></div>