Jar of Water in Piano--Truth or myth?

[Robert Wilson]

I have always thought that water in a piano is a bad
idea.  If the humidity is too low then the air around
the piano, i.e. the whole room needs humidifying.  My
humidifier puts out several pints of water over a
couple of days at times of low humidity.  A jam jar of
water is going to do nothing, especially if at the end
of the day most of the water is still in the jam jar!

People that continually put water in a piano usually
end up with rusty strings.

Bob Wilson
London.



--- Mike Kurta <mkurta@adelphia.net> wrote:
>     I also have seen many empty Mason jars in the
> bottom of vertical pianos.
> Its my feeling that the surface area of the water
> exposed to the air is too
> small to have any real benefit, and without some
> method of infusing the
> moisture into the air (fan, heat, whatever) is does
> little good.  Then, the
> adage "out of sight, out of mind" takes over, the
> owner forgets to fill the
> jar, and its ineffective anyway.
>     Mike Kurta
>     Auburn, NY  Home of the Wegman piano
> 
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