Other than an electronic keyboard and I have had this done in the past with great success. Build an insulated box using solid foam insulation. The kind used in outside walls when building. Put the box on wheels (casters work well) with a double door in front that swings all the way back and use one of those 1500 watt heaters that have a thermostat. Works great. If they don't want to use a heater, a few 100 watt light bulbs mounted to the box will also work. Mr. G Allied PianoCraft PO Box 1549 High Point, NC 27261 (336) 454-2000 PianoTech at alliedpianocraft.com www.alliedpianocraft.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Jessica Masse To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:03 PM Subject: Re: Pianos in the Deep Freeze Hi, I work in Canadian churches where the heat is turned down in between services not off. I think everything said is true. The churches I work in usually have an office that is heated. Maybe you are lucky and the office is near enough the church and the secretary could share the office with the piano. I'm afraid a climate control dampp-chaser system alone in freezing weather would not be enough to keep the piano from harm of the elements even if it were in a storage closet or box. (It would need a source of heat and probably air conditioning pumped into it). If they can't push the piano from a heated, climate controlled area I would recommend a keyboard. Or heck use the old upright until it has its other foot in the grave? Jessica Masse RPT Piano Technicians Guild Proprietor, Ebony and Ivory Piano Company -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080110/a9693e15/attachment.html
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