<!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 6.00.2800.1515" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Bob,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You will need a full wet/dry undercover = system,and all the other help you can get.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>End of the Tech advise...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My Father retired there years ago,and I = was based out of 'Hooterville' for years. Wonderful place!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please contact me off line,as = I know names of people for you to meet and enjoy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hubert Liverman</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 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=wncpianoman@yahoo.com = href="mailto:wncpianoman@yahoo.com">Robert Andrews</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> Saturday, August 20, 2005 = 1:37 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> seasoned for = destination??? </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>After being in the piano business for a number of years, playing = the piano for more years than I can count and owning a bunch of pianos, I = have retired from Oregon to Western North Carolina (Hendersonville) and = have recently purchased a gray market C2 silent (sn 5516795 made in the = late 90's) from an dealer in Florida.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>After selling Yamaha's for years, my brain continues to toss = around the term 'seasoned for destination' like a stuck = record.  We sales people were told by Yamaha US that the soundboard and bridges = were seasoned a few % drier than those sold in the orient.  Well, of = course, the destination of 'the US' means indoor humidity conditions = from 20% to 99%.  Oriental homes (inside) must figure in that range = somewhere, one would think.  The fellow I purchased the piano from in Floriday = stated that Yamaha doesn't season for destination any longer. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The climate in my home this summer with airconditioning (in a = very warm, damp outside climate) has been 75 degrees and from 45-48% = humidity.  I purchased a Dampp-Chaser wet humidistat (which I have yet to install) = which will keep the piano around 42%.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So here's the question finally:  Will I be ok with my gray = market C2 with a wet humidistat installed?   Will my gray market piano = be OK and stable at a fairly continuous 42% humidity?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>By the way, so far the C2 looks and sounds great!!!.   = Fewer hot harmonics that most new US C2's I've played.  Mellow but = still clean; great breaks, smooth action, easy to "whisper" on and a delight = to play.  I put the flat side parallel and 6" from the wall to help compensate for losing the bigger bass of the C6 I sold before leaving Oregon.  The C2 Sounds great in an 18' X 28' room with vaulted = ceiling and hardwood floors (with a thick oriental rug under the piano = itself).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Bob Andrews</DIV> <DIV>Hendersonville, NC</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Yahoo! Mail for Mobile<BR><A = href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=31132/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn= /mail">Take Yahoo! Mail with you!</A> Check email on your mobile phone.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>