Will, When I was living in Maine I serviced several piano's seasonally when the snowbirds departed in the fall and returned spring. A recommendation from a highly respected tech in the area told me to "tell the client to stuff loosely crumpled newspaper under the lid before closing up the camp". It seemed to work on a long term winter to spring transition as far as controlling the thaw and introduction to springtime moisture cycle. I don't know if this will help your weekly transition but it did bring back some great memories of northern woods piano service. David C. Las Vegas ----- Original Message ----- From: itunepiano at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 6:09 PM Subject: Re: Pianos in the Deep Freeze Will, Normally, condensation on the strings can be avoided by covering the piano with moving blankets during the cold, and allowing the piano to warm slowly over a few hours to room temperature. The key is a slow transition from cold to room temperature. A fast transition will cause condensation. I doubt this piano will stay in tune for long. Can't the church turn the heat down to 50 degrees and keep it there during the week? I did that in my workshop during days on the road with no ill effects on anything and it saved money on heat. My furnace heated the shop to 68 from 50 in about 1/2 hour. Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080109/438aee0b/attachment.html
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