<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/13/2004 5:13:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, draine@c= omcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>We've had comparatively mild winters here in N= ew England for a number <BR>of years, so folks have been a bit shocked by th= e string of subzero <BR>days we had in January. The relative humidity took a= major dive too, <BR>and the results are now being noted. A local school sys= tem replaced <BR>their worn out pianos last year, and I had the displeasure = of  pointing <BR>out four cracks in their year old Boston grand's sound= board. And last <BR>week when I pointed out some cracks in a church's older = KG-2D's <BR>soundboard, and suggested a Dampp-Chaser System might help with = tuning <BR>stability and the continued survival of the board, the pastor and= music <BR>director decided to drop by a piano dealer to ask them what they = <BR>thought of  Dampp-Chasers. The sales woman's reply was that during = the <BR>cold snap the mall's heat got cranked up higher, and several pianos = on <BR>the floor sprouted major cracks!<BR>So ... The church decided to have= the DC installed this week.<BR>I realize this may not be "major news" but a= t least it isn't totally <BR>off topic!<BR><BR>Patrick </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><= /DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040> <FONT size=4>&nb= sp;  Patrick</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4>  I've als= o heard of some rebuiblders in your area  & farther up toward the b= ig apple that have experienced the same things in some of there more recent = belly jobs.  The cracks are starting around the edges of the boards. Ca= n you confirn this? WHere are the ones you've seen?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4>Some have had d= o overs. Is this weather phenomena common back there?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4>   Da= le</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3 FAMILY= ="SERIF" PTSIZE="12">Dale Erwin<BR>Erwins Piano Restorations<BR>4721 Par= ker Rd, Modesto, Ca. 95357<BR>erwinspiano@aol.com</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>