Humidity Change and Unisons

[Mitch Ruth]

Are you guys sure that the red felt mystery cloth dosen't have anything to 
do with this?  Worth considering....

Mitch Ruth
rubeville, KY

>From: JIMRPT@AOL.COM
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re:  Re: Humidity Change and Unisons
>Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 18:11:15 EDT
>
>
>In a message dated 8/19/2000 4:53:27 PM, Ron wrote:
>
><<but no one suggested it
>might be the casters. Curious.>>
>
>CASTERS!!!????
>Of course not!!
>  Anyone with common sense knows it is the little brass knobs on the fall
>board.......they absorb moisture, and thus gain weight,...this in turn 
>places
>more strain on the fallboard hangers, which being fastened firmly to the 
>rim
>causes the rim to tilt inward ...which squeezes the fallboard and thus
>applies more crowning moment to the board/bridges..thus causing the 
>sharpness
>observed................Now, this is piano 101 stuff guys, don't fail to 
>take
>it into consideration the next time it comes up!! :-)
>Jim Bryant (FL)

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