Clyde - My thinking would be simply that parts designed to be moving parts benefit from moving every so often to help prevent an "arthritic" piano action. I can't really speak to the issue of soundboards benefitting from resonating. I hear that about violins, but am not clear as to the merits of that argument. What does seem to be true, though, is that the only pianos I have seen that had an infestation of mice, or anything else, for that matter, were pianos that were not being played. Who would want to live inside a piano that is being played? Mark Potter bases-loaded On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 06:44:49 -0500 Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com> writes: > Friends, > > Several times recently when I called clients about scheduling the > tuning, they responded that it's no longer being played. Then they > say > something like, "I heard it's bad for the piano to not be played. > Is > that true?" > > Well, I've heard that, too, but I really don't know if it's true, or > why > it would be. Can someone answer the question? Thanks. > > Clyde Hollinger >
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