How weather affects pianos

Cy Shuster cy.shuster@theshusters.org
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 09:40:55 -0600


My son asked an interesting question: how does RH affect the tone of wood?
We're all familiar with the effects of dimensional changes, but say you just
had a wooden xylophone, where each piece of wood was unconstrained at all
edges.  Would the tone be different at 10%RH and 80%RH, and if so, how?

--Cy Shuster--
Rochester, MN (soon to be Bluefield, WV)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 6:29 AM
Subject: Re: How weather affects pianos


> That's a shame, because a good DC installation can really benefit a piano
that experiences RH extremes. Oh well. Cha-ching, cha-ching!
>
> Terry Farrell
>



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