Disklavier

From: "deanbruce84" <deanbruce@...>

> Robert, suffice it to say that my dad spoiled my mother for 50 years
> of marriage. He had a stroke 3 years ago making mother the care-giver
> now.   She can't make decisions - took 10 years to decide on new
> carpeting.   Their new place is a single-level duplex in a retirement
> community that will be easier on both of them.   Yes, it is the piano
> that I learned on but I have no attachment to it as I have my
> disklavier.   That is more than enough boring details of my family
> life for this group to suffer through.
>
> Now, the question still stands, is it ok to put a piano on an
> exterior wall???


Hi Bruce,

You will probably get a few more comments on this.

The short answer is, 'no', not a good idea. Since the temperature does typically
vary more close to an outside wall than the middle of a room <or> against an
inside wall, it will cause the soundboard to expand and contract accordingly,
throwing it out of tune. I believe in your previous email, you mentioned that
you are in the middle or upper half of the U.S.? In the winter, this will cause
further temperature fluctuations inside the room close to an outside wall.

Also the humidity close to the piano may vary a bit more when the piano is
located there. And does the piano receive direct sunlight during the day? These
are other sources of causing the soundboard to expand and contract.

PianoBench has mentioned some of this in his previous emails to the list.


Danny