<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@AOL.COM href="mailto:Erwinspiano@AOL.COM">Erwinspiano@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> August 31, 2002 8:01 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hygrometer</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SERIF">     Remember the conditions = which many soundboard were pressed up in the Piano factories on the East coast = were archaic at best. The zero EMC in the winter and 80% with high temps in = the summer. In your worst day in your shop you'll all do better than that.<BR></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SERIF"></FONT></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SERIF"></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3 = FAMILY="SERIF">During the mid 70s I spent a week or so wandering through the Steinway factory. It was summer = and was typically hot and humid. I asked the man taking me through the bellying department what the factory climate control system was like--assuming it = was simply broken as I mopped the sweat from my brow. He gave me a blank = stare, then said, "well, in the summer we open the windows and in the winter we = close them." </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>