<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>I'd make a wooden platform with a sheet of foam insulation under it, but be caerful about what type of foam, due to VOC's. (Or use some other insulator.) But, then, Europe is much sricter about toxic emissions from bulding materials than the U.S. government.......<br /><br />Thumpe<br /><br />P.S. The finish on those things is almost always still excellent! (???Makes me wonder what it is???) Similarly, on many American pre-1900 pianos (especially rosewood ones) the finish is still fine.</div></td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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[pianotech] Protection from underfloor heating? <br>
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<font face="Arial">A few weeks ago I posted about an old overdamper
piano that had sat untuned for decades in a house the moldered
unoccupied and damp for years. The person who now owns the house,
inherited from a great-aunt, has restored the property, and wanted
to keep the piano if possible, even though he realises what grade
of piano it is, partly because it was probably in the house almost
since it was built, partly because the case finish is still very
good, and partly because he played it as a child on holiday there.<br>
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I posted asking about CA versus Epoxy, if it was decided to do
anything at all with pinblock splits. The consensus here favoured
epoxy somewhat CA, and leaving well alone another favoured option.<br>
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I'm looking for advice now regarding the fact that the house has
underfloor heating. It's in a remote location without mains gas,
and accessed by a road bridge that was too weak to tkae oil
delivery trucks, so when the guy was planning the renovations, he
opted for electric underfloor heating. After doing the work, the
Council decided to renew the road bridge!<br>
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What are the implications for this old birdcage piano, of
underfloor heating, and if it was desired to insluate the base of
the piano from it, how might this best be achieved? Is underfloor
heating likely to be more detrimental than other forms of heating?<br>
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The piano was fla by wildly different amounts over the compass,
and I tuned it to a kind of average. The customer tells me that
the top has fallen a semitone or so, but the middle three octaves
are still presentable. I will be returning is some days to do
more tuning. (Time for tuning was limited last time as I had to
spend a lot of time on the action).<br>
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Comments on underfloor heating appreciated!<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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David.<br>
<a rel="nofollow" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" target="_blank" href="http://www.davidboyce.co.uk">www.davidboyce.co.uk</a><br>
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