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<DIV><SPAN class=397400318-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Hi
Terry</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=397400318-20082004> <FONT =
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color=#0000ff size=2>If the piano starts its early life in New =
Mexico the
condition you found is normal.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=397400318-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>New
Mexico Native</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=397400318-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Richard Raskob RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On =
Behalf Of
</B>Farrell<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 20, 2004 11:39 =
AM<BR><B>To:</B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Dry Climate Piano
Preservation<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tuned a 1955 Cable-Nelson spinet =
this morning.
It had just come to Florida from its long-time home in New Mexico. =
Except for
dust and a bit of wear, the inside of this piano looked like new. =
Absolutely
no corrosion on any metal part (strings, tuning pins, pressure bars, =
etc.).
Don't see much of that in Florida. Is this common for 50+ year old =
pianos in
dry climates like that of New Mexico?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Amazing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry
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