---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 8/31/2002 11:05:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: > Subj:Re: Hygrometer > Date:8/31/2002 11:05:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > Sent from the Internet > > It certainly does seem strange to me that in any factory relying on > compression crowning in this age of technology would want to insure a more > uniform temp./R.H. levels to srictly control emc. When I visited Mason& > Hamlin the hot box temp. humidity and air circulatuion was meticously > maintained for even EMC levels prior to pressing. Mason and Hamlin is rib > crowning their boards by the way. ...Dale Erwin > > Dale wrote: > > > Remember the conditions which many soundboard were pressed up in the > > Piano factories on the East coast were archaic at best. The zero EMC in > the > > winter and 80% with high temps in the summer. In your worst day in your > shop > > you'll all do better than that. > > This is one thing that has always struck me. I'm sure your statement is > correct. I am also sure that some new pianos are nice pianos, and some of > the same model are not so nice. High-end Brand X piano manufacturer I think > can get away with having only a percentage of their pianos come out nice. > Most/many folks that buy pianos - even high end ones - don't know that much > about pianos and/or don't play very well, and can't tell the difference > between a really nice piano, and one that is below par. > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/92/fd/f8/5c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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