<HTML>In a message dated 12/10/2002 6:28:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, JIMRPT@aol.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Lanie...don't you guys live in South Dakota?? If so then the reaction of the pinblock is very typical of pianos which have spent their youth in a humid climate and then move to a 'much' drier environment......... Jim Bryant (FL)</BLOCKQUOTE> Hi Jim, Nope...I'm out east in Massachusetts so really not that far from Rhode Island but far enough inland that I'm sure the humidity is a bit lower.  But I I'm not sure if the drop is drastic enough to really cause these problems.  My main thought was that it might be the corosive nature of the salt in the area near the ocean coastal areas.  But I wasn't sure and so I thought I would pose the question to all of you. Thanks, Lanie</HTML>