<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG>Keith McGovern asked;</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>What is that object on the inside left of the piano along the = rim?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Hello Keith,</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG> You're the second person to ask about this.That is = what we call a humidifier. It is a perforated plastic tube filled with a = super-absorbent material. You dip the tube in the bathtub to fill it up with water. = Place it in the piano and the moisture is very slowly released. Very low tech, but = it raises the humidity level by about another 5%. Of course whenever I come across = one in a piano, there's never any water in them.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>AF</STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>