Humidity & voicing

[Marcel Carey]

Thanks to all that have answered. I know it is ideal to control
humidity, but... It's not always possible. What I've noticed is that
hammer that were treated with laquer or other hardeners won't change as
much. And the dampp chaser does not affect the hammers as much as I
would like unless the piano is covered with a full length cover "MOST OF
THE TIME". 

I guess since this is no perfect world, one has to deal with it. I like
Horace's idea of drying the hammers before a performance in case of
emergency.

Thanks again,

Marcel Carey

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org 
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] De la part de Don
> Envoyé : 27 novembre 2005 05:17
> À : Pianotech
> Objet : Re: Humidity & voicing
> 
> 
> Hi Marcel,
> 
> This is just one more very good reason to control humidity. 
> I've often noted changes in imharmonicity from humidity 
> change too. It is one reason that "canned" tunings never seem 
> to work very well, atleast to my ear.
> 
> At 03:18 PM 11/25/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >I'm noticing some voicing changes with humidity changes. Have any of 
> >you noticed the same. I suspect the hammers get harder when 
> dry. There 
> >is a different quality to the attack compared with the same 
> in damper 
> >summer weather.
> >
> >I'd like to find out how these factors affect others on the list.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Marcel
> 
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
> Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
> 
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