ETomlinCF3 wrote: > Fellow Worried Techs, > > I live in Washington state where the sun never shines. Liquid sunshine is > predominant. Please don't worry my piano will be fine. Thank you for your > concern. > > Ed -------------------------------------- Ed, First, let me remind you that quite a great deal of heat come from ultraviolet radiation from the sun. It may not be quite as destructive as the real thing, but it is still damaging. Second, one of the saddest situations I've encountered along this line was in Portland, Oregon. Just as much rain there as in most of Washington state, except for where I live out in Grays Harbor. Anyway, these folks had a new house built on the crest of one of the many hills in Southeast Portland. It included a beautiful music room which housed several instruments including a Doud harpsichord and a rather nice brand new black Steinway B. The piano was located in the south facing bay window with its 16 foot tall glass windows and no window coverings of any kind. The first time I tuned it (the first of two service calls included with the purchase) The music desk was so hot it was actually painful to the touch. I put a blanket over the piano for a bit to cool it down before tuning and got through it reasonably well. I left a note and said I would call later. That evening (no one was home during the day except for the housekeeper) I called the owner to discuss what I saw as a problem of placement. I was told -- firmly -- that there was nothing wrong with the placement of the piano. The architect had designed that spot specifically for the piano and had assured her that there was nothing wrong with its placement. In fact, he had placed an air conditioning duct under that spot just to keep the piano cool! I hadn't noticed. By the time of my second visit the tuning pins were already noticeably looser. I tuned the piano for a couple of years, watching it deteriorate rapidly, before they decided to find another tuner who wouldn't always complain about their beautiful music room. I've no idea what happened to the piano after that, but I doubt that it could have gone much more that a couple more years without major problems. Ah, well... Regards, Del
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