[CAUT] How long to stabilize??

[Ron Nossaman]

Susan Kline wrote:
> 
> 
>> My method only requires removing about 2/3rds of the strings.
>> Ed S.
> 
> Extremely efficient use of time -- only you might also have to
> remove any single strings with false beats.
> 
> My way of keeping a piano perfectly in tune (which I used to
> tell customers <grin>) was to put it into a small room in the
> center of the house with no windows, insulated walls, floor and
> ceiling -- AND NO DOOR.
> 
> Susan

I used to suggest pouring it into a big Lucite cube. You 
couldn't actually *verify* that it would stay in tune 
afterward, but since the music couldn't evaporate or otherwise 
escape, you could trust that it was still in there - forever. 
Heck of an impressive paperweight or doorstop too.

What I don't know, will the finish of a piano that's encased 
in Lucite sun fade? Anyone try this yet?
Ron N