Charles, I concur with all the good advise regarding the Bosendorfer problems. The solutions mentioned by Newton and Lee have worked for me as well. When Ithaca College first obtained its Imperial the piano suffered greatly from the humidity fluctuations in the hall. (They have since solved the humidity problem in the winter at least.) This is an older instrument so it already had some cracks in the soundboard and on the veneer located on the inside of the rim. This piano scared the heck out of a faculty member one evening when it decided to give off several loud cracking and popping noises. Since this piano is not moved a lot, I decided to install a humidity control system. I purchased a removable frame for the system from Webb Phillips so it can be taken off for a concert. The system worked very well and stabilized the piano. In a post not long ago, Steve Cunningham mentioned something about a roll under system he constructed. I have been meaning to contact you on this Steve, so if you are still out there I would like to know more. Don McKechnie Ithaca College dmckech@ithaca.edu *Mark Your Calendars Now For NYSCON 97* October 17-19, 1997 Radisson Hotel Corning, NY
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