<!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 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>   I once heard that the = hammers go out of alignment due to the side weight .</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=Piannaman@AOL.COM href="mailto:Piannaman@AOL.COM">Piannaman@AOL.COM</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> Sunday, September 01, = 2002 10:58 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: grand piano in = storage</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 9/1/02 10:09:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:jphouweling@dccnet.com">jphouweling@dccnet.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE"><BR><BR>   I have a grand piano in = storage and would like to know how long it can be on its side? =  </FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>I've seen pianos on their sides for many = years that were fine when set up.  You want to make sure that there is no = moisture on the padding on which you set it, or you will damage the finish and = warp the side of the instrument.   <BR><BR>Dave Stahl <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>