Knabe in Houston

[Avery Todd]

Surprisingly, I actually thought of that, also! LOL

Avery
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:

>
> I have a customer who's still in that position who owns a late 1800's Knabe
>> grand. Around 1890, I think. My question is that because of its age, is this
>> instrument more likely than newer types to develop any damage/problems in
>> the future from not being in air-conditioning for that long? It's been
>> restrung somewhere along the way but beside minor repairs, I believe that is
>> all that's ever been done to it, except tuning. The weather hasn't been TOO
>> bad but the temperature /has/ gotten into the low to mid 90's and humidity
>> into the 70%+ range during the day. I'm concerned primarily about any
>> possible structural problems with an instrument this old.
>>  I'm hoping that some of you who are more experienced with wood of all
>> kinds could give me some information here. Thanks.
>>  Avery Todd, RPT
>> Houston, TX
>>
>
> Avery,
> In the 110-120 years of it's life, how many of those years do you suppose
> were spent in air conditioning?
>
> I wouldn't worry about it.
> Ron N
>
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