moving and shaking

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

I have some questions/comments on:
> Update on project Senda Piana to Havana:
>
> These are sound pianos, needing only strings or hammers and finish.
> They will be sent to Cuba this fall, with or without U.S. permission,
> to be rebuilt there

If these pianos are from all over USA, they will go into thermal and humidity
shock when they hit Cuba. I spent a year at Guantanamo moonlighting as
a tuner all over the base (My *real* job was power plant operator), and
the biggest problems I found were action glue joints wanting to make the
things self destruct.

Keys which were straight for years did u-turns and corkscrewed and hammers
blossomed. Only ones I found not subject to this scenario were those
either "tropicalized" or certain european makes.

Maybe you will be using a sheep dip tank filled with that new Protek stuff
and baptise them before shipping south???

Good luck! You certainly have an ambitious project on your hands.

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