Disklavier

George,

You are correct about home in the US, Canada etc.
However, you assumption is that people in Asia do not use 
airconditioning.Human beings are the same, nobody likes humid 
environment. Therefore, the people who bought piano (especilly 
Disklavier), they are NOT poor people. They also have central air 
conditioner and they do turn on their air conditioner 24/7. As a 
result, the environment where those pianos experience is exactly the 
same as in US...As dry as in US. Are those pianos cracking? No, they 
are not. I had my C5 in Indonesia for years and it did not crack (my 
house is 100% air conditionered for 24 hours. How about the pianos 
in Yamaha Music Foundation that are in 100% airconditioner 
environment for years, do Yamaha Music Foundation in Indonesia needs 
to import special pianos for their music schools?

Sorry not to be argumentative, but we do need to know the condition 
is Asia, before we assume that those people do not live in an 
airconditioner environment. Once again, what you said is correct, 
out side wheather has nothing to do. The inside climate is the more 
important one.

RS


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "George F. Litterst" 
<PianoBench@...> wrote:
>
> Good afternoon, everyone.
> 
> Regarding the comment below from rondisklavier:
> 
> It is true that in a large country like the US, the average 
humidity  
> various from location to location. The key point, however, is 
this:  
> No matter where you go in the US and Canada, in all likelihood, 
the  
> indoor environment has central heating and/or air conditioning 
that  
> is active for a significant portion of the year. Both central 
heating  
> and air conditioning dry out the interior air. In order to stand 
up  
> to this kind of stress, the wood needs to be dried to a low 
moisture  
> content.
> 
> The outdoor humidity is irrelevant.
> 
> Regards,
> PianoBench
> 
> 
> On Aug 28, 2007, at 3:25 PM, rondisklavier wrote:
> 
> > --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <thecarolb@>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > For instance, it is cheaper to manufacture a piano for the 
Asian
> > market
> > > because the wood does not need to to kiln dried to 5% moisture
> > content to
> >
> > Carol,
> >
> > Asia is much bigger than America. There is not only one climate 
in
> > Asia. How about people in Hawaii? Does Yamaha make a special 
piano for
> > people in Hawaii or people in Texas? Your argument just does not 
make
> > sense and without base. And about the connectors, Yamaha hires 
cheap
> > labor in many places, do you think that they expect these low 
paid
> > laborers to do soldering? I did work for a month in Yamaha 
factory,
> > everything is well planned, everything just needs to be 
connected...
> >
> >
> >
>