<DIV><BR>Here in Olympia, Washington its not too unusual to find old uprights circa 1900 with shiny springs and corrosion free strings, no soundboard cracks, tight tuning pins etc. I just sold an 1899 Kimball That internally looked like it had been in a time machine. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>People think we have a humid climate out here due to the rain, but actually its rare to see over 65%RH. Its pouring down rain today: Hygrometer reads 70% indoors. Thats high around here!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think these climate differences have a lot to do with the variety of opinions about the viability of old uprights that we see on this list </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also I think pollution is another major factor. Most of the old uprights were built when a lot of coal was being used in the big cities.</DIV> <DIV><BR><B><I>Dave Nereson <davner@kaosol.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Farrell" <MFARREL2@TAMPABAY.RR.COM><BR>To: <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 11:39 AM<BR>Subject: Dry Climate Piano Preservation<BR><BR><BR>I tuned a 1955 Cable-Nelson spinet this morning. It had just come to Florida<BR>from its long-time home in New Mexico. Except for dust and a bit of wear,<BR>the inside of this piano looked like new. Absolutely no corrosion on any<BR>metal part (strings, tuning pins, pressure bars, etc.). Don't see much of<BR>that in Florida. Is this common for 50+ year old pianos in dry climates like<BR>that of New Mexico?<BR><BR>Amazing.<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR><BR>Yes. Colorado, too. If they come "out West" when brand new, they fare OK.<BR>It's when they spend 30 years in Missouri, then come here, that the<BR>soundboards crack, pinblocks dry out, etc.<BR>--David Nereson, RPT<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter<br>Pianova Piano Service<br>Olympia, WA<p> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br> Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=26640/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush">Enter now</a>.