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<DIV>Hi Clyde,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Yes. </DIV>
<DIV>Piano in Darwin, sun on the wall, outside temp is about 32 degrees =
C but
direct sun on the wall is more like 45 Degrees C. Tuning pins on a =
repinned piano are now loose, 5 ribs totally off the soundboard, action =
totally
loose etc. All within 3 months of putting it there. The owner said its =
too hot
to sit there so we thought because the piano has an iron frame it would =
be
OK.</DIV>
<DIV>Piano in Alice Springs, temp drops to -4 C, humidity at 6 degrees C =
is 5%,
timber dried out, loose ribs, cracked soundboard, loose pins, glue =
(animal type)
given away and tuning plank has pulled forward.</DIV>
<DIV>Piano left in a container in sun for 4 weeks. Enough.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Tony Caught<BR>Darwin Australia<BR><A
href="mailto:caute@bigpond.com">caute@bigpond.com</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cedel@supernet.com href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">Clyde =
Hollinger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 02, 2002 =
9:48
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: piano at outside =
wall</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Friends,
<P>This request brings another question to my mind. Has any one =
of us
actually seen a piano damaged, or experienced tuning instability, =
solely
because it was placed by an outside wall, above ground level? Or =
is this
a situation where common sense would say it is inadvisable but there =
is no
proof?
<P>Regardless of answers I receive, I will still alert my clients to =
the
potential problems of putting a piano there in an uninsulated house.
<P>I did find mold or mildew inside an old upright against an outside =
wall in
a church basement, but I've found the same thing in a piano located on =
an
inside wall on the main floor of an occupied house. In both =
cases the
humidity level was obviously too high somewhere along the line.
<P>Regards, <BR>Clyde Hollinger, RPT <BR>Lititz, PA, USA
<P>carpthos wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT size=-1>Dear list,</FONT><FONT
size=-1> can you give some suggestions for =
a
customer`s following inquiry:</FONT><FONT
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in a 20 year old home she needs to put her piano on an outside wall =
(she
doesn`t know if the home has inside and outside moisture barrier but =
says it
has insulation).</FONT><FONT
size=-1> - her question =
is:
- is there some type of buffer that can located between the piano =
and the
outside wall to compensate for the piano having to be placed =
there?
e.g.- plywood</FONT><FONT
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