Piano Apartment

[cdant1]

Plywood seems like the way to go to me. Especially with a humidity system in
the box. It will be more durable than a normal piece of lumber. There was a
post recently about how to build a free standing humidity system for pianos
that are stored in an enclosure. Good luck
-Chris Dant
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
To: "Piano Technicians, Master" <MPT@talklist.com>; "Pianotech, forum"
<pianotech@ptg.org>; "University Technicians, College and" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:36 PM
Subject: Piano Apartment


> Greetings and psychedelic hallucinations, (just kidding)
>     I have a local community college who is doing an intelligent thing.
> They are insisting that the Theater technical guy build an apartment for
> the piano off stage for it's storage when not in use. This must be very
> strong as things will surely be piled on top of it and or built above it
> and it was asked of me what the ideal wood used should be. I'm guessing
> he's willing to do whatever will get the department chair off his back
> but he wrote back with these ideas; Pine, Spruce, Redwood, Cedar, Oak,
> Teak, Mahogany, Ebony? or, particle board, T-111, plywood, plaster
> board, ... ? Me thinks he was trying to be funny with a few of these but
> it is a serious question. They are also asking about a humidity control
> system. Should that be installed permanently in the apartment or on the
> piano or both? and why. Thanks for your thoughts.
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> Greg Newell
> mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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