Mark McConnell wrote: > My friend has a few unrestored pianos in his garage - a 1925 M and some > circa 1900-20's Chickerings and Baldwins. He lives in Michigan, so we > are talking below zero weather on occasion. I wondered if this isn't bad > for the old glue, but I've never read anything. I suggested at least > bringing the actions indoors. Does anyone have any experience with this? > Thank you. > The cold is no problem as long as warming is slow. The problem is humidity - excess and unregulated. Bringing a subzero piano into a 70°F room and seeing it frost over is not an experience I want to see again. Mildew and mold from damp storage are also ungood. Garage with snow melt from wheel wells would probably be in the excess/unregulated category. -- Conrad Hoffsommer, in snowy NE Iowa.
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