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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Or how 'bout in an open carport under a tarp? =
Sorry lady,
this one is a little rough around the edges.....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Actually, as most homes are air conditioned =
now-a-days,
environments are not bad. The exception is the very few homes that have =
no AC,
and some homes inhabited by very old people - they like it about 90 =
degrees and
rarely turn on the AC. When you open the piano and see fuzzy mold =
growing all
over the soundboard, that's usually a good clue that you might run into =
a few
challenges on that particular piano.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Piannaman@aol.com
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 23, 2004 =
11:51
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Kranich Bach =
ache(pitch
raise on a century old piano)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 =
PTSIZE="10">In a
message dated 1/23/04 2:54:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> =
writes:
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TYPE="CITE">I don't think folks should be so hesitant to raise the =
pitch of
an old neglected upright up to A440. I do dozens of 50 to 200 cent =
pitch
raises on 80+ year old uprights each year. I don't leave but one or =
two a
year below A440. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Terry, <BR><BR>I think you're =
right.
The condition of the piano tells me that it's been in this part =
of CA
all of its life. Minimal rust and corrosion, overall in great =
shape.
I'll tread less lightly in this realm in the future. You =
must see
all kinds of nasty humidity related rust, corrosion, fungus, etc. =
I'd
hate to see a piano kept in a garage in your neck o' the woods! =
<BR><BR>Dave
Stahl</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>