Hi Ron, the short answer is Dampp-Chasers. They can easily keep the soundboard in the 6 - 7% EMC range, though the action cavity is kind of on it's own. and since you asked.... our NY Steinways sound magnificent! ;>) thanks, Mark Cramer, Brandon University > > Something I've been meaning to ask. New York Steinways, I > assume? 20%RH at 70° puts soundboards at 4.5%MC. That's at or > below (depending on who you talk to) what they were originally > dried down to for compression crowning with flat ribs. There > shouldn't be a lick of crown anywhere in these pianos in these > conditions, and they ought to be mostly killer octave and > sound thoroughly terrible right now. Do they? > > Ron N > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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