out of the box Pearls

[Carl Meyer]

Gee Ron, what did the city mayor do to you??

Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
Santa Clara, California
cmpiano@attbi.com 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 9:21 PM
Subject: RE: out of the box Pearls


> 
> >Ron,
> >         While prepping a Story and Clark-Chinese Vertical , I tried to
> >remove the bags from the bottom of the piano, except they were stapled
> >down and the bag fell apart. Those little dingle balls went every where
> >and I said some very bad words.
> >         Tom Driscoll
> 
> 
> Hi Tom,
> Silica gel, or whatever the desiccant de jour may happen to be at the 
> moment, is a wonderful thing in it's proper usage, but...
> 
> What is it doing in a piano? There is a finite amount of moisture any given 
> desiccant can absorb. If the shipping crate is hermetically sealed, then 
> the piano isn't going to absorb any more moisture than was in the air at 
> the time it was packed, so without the benefit of any packaged desiccants, 
> it's already at, and shall forevermore remain at, equilibrium moisture 
> content of the contained environment - as long as the moisture barrier 
> isn't breached. If the crate isn't hermetically sealed, then no conceivable 
> quantity of desiccant can protect it from moisture in transit, or storage, 
> or time on the open docks during thunderstorms, hurricanes, and labor union 
> strikes.
> 
> All things considered, in pianos the stuff is utterly superfluous and 
> functionally useless - like a city mayor. So why is it packed in a piano in 
> the first place, much less in places, and by methods that make it a pain in 
> the butt to remove? Also like a city mayor, come to think of it.
> 
> Just wondering.
> 
> Ron N
> 
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