<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Ya ever pull a blanket over you and lay in the sun? Boy, oh, boy. Regardless of how hard you tried to convince them to move the piano, I = would be tempted to try again. This is just going to trash the piano, trash the = tuning, etc - I strongly suspect even with a quilted blanket on it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Maybe wrap it in a nice space blanket? The only place worse I could = think of to put a piano <EM>MIGHT</EM> be out in the middle of the back yard! = There's gotta be a way to convince them. It just seems that important to = me.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good luck!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- <DIV>From: "James McCormac" <<A href="mailto:jmccorm@tfb.com">jmccorm@tfb.com</A>></DIV> <DIV>To: <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV> <DIV>Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:54 AM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: pianos in the sun</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Citizens of Newtonville -<BR><BR>The other day while = making my rounds I found two pianos that were placed in the sun. After the usual discussion with the clients about having the piano in a location with = the least change in temperature and humidity - the owners responded that the = pianos where put in the only place they fit - yada yada yada. In both cases the = windows were designed for passive solar heating - so drapes etc. are not an option = that they want to take. One solution for an upright piano would be an opaque = screen of Asian design or of decorative wood to shade the piano. Perhaps not an = ideal plan, but one that would go a long way to protect the piano. The grand = piano presents too much surface to be shaded by a screen. Here a piano cover = seemed the best protection. What options are there of cover material or = quilting to protect a piano from the sun? Who are the makers that I should contact?<BR><BR>Best regards<BR><BR>Jim McCormac, RPT<BR><BR>Fallbrook, = CA <BR><BR></BODY></HTML>