Temp fluctuation affect?

John Minor jminor@uiuc.edu
Tue Jan 22 14:23 MST 2002


My real concern is a daily fluctuation of 10-12 degrees. I'd rather the
temp be kept more consistent than that, but can't say with certainty it
will result in better tuning stability.

John Minor
University of Illinois



On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 vem@email.byu.edu wrote:

]No, but the wood moisture content would change (be higher with a lower heat and
]lower with a higher heat) because of the relative humidity change.
]
]- It's true that lowering the temp will decrease the relative humidity
]- reading, but it will NOT mean that more moisture is present.  Relative
]- humidity is just that...relative!  The absolute amount of moisture present
]- will not change solely by lowering the temperature.
]-
]-
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]- Ray T. Bentley, RPT
]- Alton, IL
]- ray@bentley.net
]- www.ray.bentley.net
]-
]
]vince mrykalo
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