Freezing pianos/cracked plates

[Terry Beckingham]

Conrad,

Actually -21 F is about -29 C, so that's getting pretty cold. 

Normally I wouldn't worry about the cold cracking a plate, but I have been
told by several who are knowledgeable about Dohertys that they have a
tendency to crack plates when the pitch is brought up too high. I'm sure
that the pitch will go way up with the drastic temperature change.

A new customer just had her piano delivered today and was advised by the
mover not to take the blankets off it for a couple of days to avoid the
frost problem.

Cheers

Terry Beckingham

At 09:25 PM 1/21/00 -0600, you wrote:

>I also have seen 2 S&S Ds come off a truck and immediately turn white.  The
>-25°F they had enjoyed overnight didn't faze them, I had fun keeping up with
>the melting frost, though, and I didn't even try to tune them before they
>were close to room temp.  (BTW, I guess the -21°F we had this morning
>probably seems balmy to you, eh?)
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>Conrad Hoffsommer     mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu
>
>Chi si ferma è perduto.
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