<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 2/2/02 10:07:48 PM !!!First Boot!!!, Tvak@AOL.COM writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Could the low humidity be at the bottom of all of this? The piano is
<BR>NOT near a heat vent, it's even sitting on an inner wall. There is a fire
<BR>place across the room about 10 feet away. They use it frequently.
<BR> What's going on here?
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<BR>Any thoughts are appreciated.
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<BR>Thanks,
<BR>Tom Sivak
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<BR>In addition to the fireplace, where is the piano in relation to the kitchen and the laundry room? The fireplace that is used frequently dries out the room tremendously. Then when the humidity from the kitchen and/or the laundry room comes around, the humidity goes back up. That is why the tuning won't hold.
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<BR>The key level problem might be related. Is there a change in lost motion? With the swings of humidity, the back rail might be fluctuating, which will cause the back of the keys to loose contact with the wippens. Free floating keys will look like a bad job of key leveling.
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<BR>If the back rail problem will not be taken care of with humidity control, you might want to put a piece of angle iron under the back of the keybed.
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<BR>Wim
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