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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Would it help at all if the outermost =
layer was a
highly reflective material, such as mylar? I'm thinking primarily =
of those
times when the piano is left sitting out in full sunlight =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Z! Reinhardt RPT<BR>Ann =
Arbor MI<BR><A
href="mailto:diskladame@provide.net">diskladame@provide.net</A></FONT><=
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca =
href="mailto:baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca">jolly
roger</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, August 19, 2001 =
9:31
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hot and Heavy [ON
Topic]</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi =
Z!,<BR> Both
of our concert grands have to the floor fitted tarps, that are heavily =
quilted, it helps quite a bit. But there is no real way to =
over
come those concerts in the park, stability type things. =
Minimizing
is the best you can hope for. Besides the heavy tarp, laying two =
moving
blankets on the strings inside the piano seems to help. But I =
may be
fooling myself on that one.<BR>Insulate and protect, in the best way
possible.<BR>Regards Roger.<BR><BR><BR><BR>At 07:07 PM 8/19/01 -0400, =
you
wrote: <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">Hi Everyone!</FONT><BR><FONT
size=3><BR></FONT><FONT face=arial size=2>How hot can a piano =
get before you
run into more serious problems than changes in the tuning? =
What are
some of the problems people have observed after a piano got
hot?</FONT><BR><FONT size=3><BR></FONT><FONT face=arial =
size=2>Over the
summer I tuned at a couple of festivals on what were otherwise =
beautiful
summer days here in Detroit but must have been nightmares for the
pianos. As usual, I was asked to tune first thing in the =
morning
despite the stage manager's full knowledge that the tuning will be =
seriously
"altered" by the time the featured artist was going to play. =
Over the
course of all the set changes, the pianos were often relegated to =
some
out-of-the-way corner of the stage where they sat out in full =
sunlight,
often wearing black naugahyde covers. Those pianos were =
probably hot
enough to roast a fat steak by the time I came back to them to =
"touch them
up" just before the performances. (The stage managers have =
been told
repeatedly not to leave the pianos out in full sunlight for any =
length of
time ....)</FONT><BR><FONT size=3><BR></FONT><FONT face=arial =
size=2>Since
then, those pianos have been doing one-night stands all over metro =
Detroit
and I haven't crossed paths with any of them yet since their =
sunbathing
sessions. Nor have I heard any comments from the other =
technicians who
have serviced them since then. Meanwhile I came to yet another =
concert
rental recently which had numerous loose lead weights in the damper =
system,
and I'm wondering if that one also got a good "sunburn" at some =
point over
the summer.</FONT><BR><FONT size=3><BR></FONT><FONT face=arial =
size=2>Thanks
in advance --</FONT><BR><FONT size=3><BR></FONT><FONT face=arial =
size=2>Z!
Reinhardt RPT<BR>Ann Arbor MI<BR><FONT size=2><A
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href="mailto:diskladame@provide.net">diskladame@provide.net</A></FONT><=
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