A few weeks ago I posted about an old overdamper piano that had sat untuned for decades in a house the moldered unoccupied and damp for years. The person who now owns the house, inherited from a great-aunt, has restored the property, and wanted to keep the piano if possible, even though he realises what grade of piano it is, partly because it was probably in the house almost since it was built, partly because the case finish is still very good, and partly because he played it as a child on holiday there. I posted asking about CA versus Epoxy, if it was decided to do anything at all with pinblock splits. The consensus here favoured epoxy somewhat CA, and leaving well alone another favoured option. I'm looking for advice now regarding the fact that the house has underfloor heating. It's in a remote location without mains gas, and accessed by a road bridge that was too weak to tkae oil delivery trucks, so when the guy was planning the renovations, he opted for electric underfloor heating. After doing the work, the Council decided to renew the road bridge! What are the implications for this old birdcage piano, of underfloor heating, and if it was desired to insluate the base of the piano from it, how might this best be achieved? Is underfloor heating likely to be more detrimental than other forms of heating? The piano was fla by wildly different amounts over the compass, and I tuned it to a kind of average. The customer tells me that the top has fallen a semitone or so, but the middle three octaves are still presentable. I will be returning is some days to do more tuning. (Time for tuning was limited last time as I had to spend a lot of time on the action). Comments on underfloor heating appreciated! Best regards, David. www.davidboyce.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121211/f0d7b045/attachment.htm>
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