<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry, I don't doubt your findings, but = how would you account for a piano going up in pitch 5 or 6 cents within minutes in = an evironment of an evaporitive cooler going on, then.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Could be due to the = plate, strings cooling, but I'd like to know. </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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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, November 22, 2002 = 8:43 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Soundboard EMC</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>FWIW:<BR><BR>I had posted 16 days ago about how I dried = a piece of Sitka Spruce down to zero moisture content (MC). I went on to say = that I was surprised how long it took to regain moisture.<BR><BR>Things = haven't changed much.<BR><BR>Well, here we are at 16 days in my shop of 70 -75 = degrees F and 45% relative humidity, and the little piece of spruce is now up = to 6.08% MC. It went from 5.91% to the present 6.08% in the past three = days.<BR><BR>My conclusion: spruce does not take up an appreciable amount of water in = a short period of time.<BR><BR>Ain't I smart?<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR>  <BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech list = info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>