This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Bob, You will need a full wet/dry undercover system,and all the other help = you can get. End of the Tech advise... My Father retired there years ago,and I was based out of 'Hooterville' = for years. Wonderful place! Please contact me off line,as I know names of people for you to meet and = enjoy. Hubert Liverman ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Robert Andrews=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 1:37 PM Subject: seasoned for destination???=20 Hi List, After being in the piano business for a number of years, playing the = piano for more years than I can count and owning a bunch of pianos, I = have retired from Oregon to Western North Carolina (Hendersonville) and = have recently purchased a gray market C2 silent (sn 5516795 made in the = late 90's) from an dealer in Florida. =20 After selling Yamaha's for years, my brain continues to toss around = the term 'seasoned for destination' like a stuck record. We sales = people were told by Yamaha US that the soundboard and bridges were = seasoned a few % drier than those sold in the orient. Well, of course, = the destination of 'the US' means indoor humidity conditions from 20% to = 99%. Oriental homes (inside) must figure in that range somewhere, one = would think. The fellow I purchased the piano from in Floriday stated = that Yamaha doesn't season for destination any longer.=20 The climate in my home this summer with airconditioning (in a very = warm, damp outside climate) has been 75 degrees and from 45-48% = humidity. I purchased a Dampp-Chaser wet humidistat (which I have yet = to install) which will keep the piano around 42%. =20 So here's the question finally: Will I be ok with my gray market C2 = with a wet humidistat installed? Will my gray market piano be OK and = stable at a fairly continuous 42% humidity? By the way, so far the C2 looks and sounds great!!!. Fewer hot = harmonics that most new US C2's I've played. Mellow but still clean; = great breaks, smooth action, easy to "whisper" on and a delight to play. = I put the flat side parallel and 6" from the wall to help compensate = for losing the bigger bass of the C6 I sold before leaving Oregon. The = C2 Sounds great in an 18' X 28' room with vaulted ceiling and hardwood = floors (with a thick oriental rug under the piano itself). Thanks, Bob Andrews Hendersonville, NC -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/5f/a6/72/c5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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