<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 8/6/01 7:58:22 AM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>tunenbww@clear.lakes.com writes:
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">A client wants to know if storing her grand piano on its side for about 2
<BR>years will do any damage. It is about 10 yrs. old and had semi-regular
<BR>service. She did not mention the name of the piano or where it will be
<BR>stored, but I will assume, until confirmed, that it will be in a controlled
<BR>environment. I've had some of my old grands on their sides for several with
<BR>no ill effects, but these are in for reworking and their mine. I get a
<BR>little apprehensive about later model grands being stored this long this
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<BR>As long as it sits on padding and a wood skid of some sort, there is nothing
<BR>wrong with a piano sitting on it's side for several years. Do not put the
<BR>piano directly on a cement floor, even with pads.
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<BR>Wim</FONT></HTML>