The finish is not the only thing that gets trashed. The piano's glue joints are compromised, as are the tuning pin tightness. Also, actions can get real loosy-goosy as the variances in temp and humidity effects that too. Tuning, most certainly suffers. Any other questions? Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ----- Original Message ----- From: Kerry To: joegarrett at earthlink.net;pianotech at ptg.org Sent: 8/10/09 7:15:55 PM Subject: RE: [pianotech] Sun Protection Joe, I must be missing something here – how is the piano “toast” when just the finish is damaged? I’ve never noticed anything other than cosmetic damage from UV exposure (granted, it can be pretty ugly). Pianos don’t get cancer, do they? J Kerry Kean www.ohiopianotuner.com From: Joseph Garrett [mailto:joegarrett at earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:31 PM To: pianotech Subject: [pianotech] Sun Protection All, I've read the specs on the "UV Filters" for windows. That stuff only stops a small percentage of the UV/IR rays. For pianos you need to stop ALL the Sun on the piano, ALL the time. (PERIOD)!! Anything less and you are shortening the piano's life greatly. Of course this opinion is based on thefact that I had a client that refused to move a piano I had completely rebuilt. Within 5-6 years the piano was toast! He traded it in on a Steinway!![G] Probably has traded that in by now. He blamed all of the piano's problems on my work and that of the refinisher. I told him to take a hike! Haven't seen him since. Good riddance, IMNSHO! Most of my clients who have a sun problem have been able to solve the situation with vertical blinds or high-end curtain systems. Most 'modern' homes are not designed with pianos in mind, so the problem is previlant! (More like rampant!!) It is solveable. For situations, where there is just partial daily sunlight, I suggest Asian style free-standing screens. This seems to satisfy a lot of the Interior Design freaks.<G> Regards, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090810/df70d0a3/attachment-0001.htm>
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