Comments on: How Do I Measure Piano Humidity Swings? http://kansascitypianotuning.com/tuner/monitoring-piano-humidity/ Piano Tuner For Greater Kansas City ~ Since 1984 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:33:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dunie righterhttp://kansascitypianotuning.com/tuner/monitoring-piano-humidity/#comment-1469 dunie righter Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:33:57 +0000 http://kansascitypianotuning.com/?p=1632#comment-1469 Thanks for an informative website that finally answered some questions for me. My piano is dirty and had some mold on it as well as on the keys. It needs work on the action. I am having difficulty getting good answers from anyone. What should I use to clean it? and the keys? It was previously in Florida and has been shipped to me in Colorado. I've got humidifiers going in the room, but I noticed some cracks recently in the bench. I am worried about it!!!! It is a 1927 steinway Is it necessarily bad to have the action removed form the paino and replaced elsewhere and then reinstalled in the piano? I just had it shipped to me and don't want to shipthe entire piano across the country again... . Thanks for an informative website that finally answered some questions for me. My piano is dirty and had some mold on it as well as on the keys. It needs work on the action. I am having difficulty getting good answers from anyone. What should I use to clean it? and the keys? It was previously in Florida and has been shipped to me in Colorado. I’ve got humidifiers going in the room, but I noticed some cracks recently in the bench. I am worried about it!!!! It is a 1927 steinway Is it necessarily bad to have the action removed form the paino and replaced elsewhere and then reinstalled in the piano? I just had it shipped to me and don’t want to shipthe entire piano across the country again… .

]]> By: Sam Sheelerhttp://kansascitypianotuning.com/tuner/monitoring-piano-humidity/#comment-41 Sam Sheeler Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:20:26 +0000 http://kansascitypianotuning.com/?p=1632#comment-41 This is good that you have this up there. I tune & repair for a music school in Austin and after setting the pins on a Sherman Clay for the 2nd time in 3 years, then on another piano at the same location, realized that the humidity was likely a problem. Went to Wal-mart and picked up a hygromitor for $6.50 and found 32% -- and it's raining today. I'm going to put one at each school location. And I'm considering picking up a bunch of these to sell to customers. -sam This is good that you have this up there. I tune & repair for a music school in Austin and after setting the pins on a Sherman Clay for the 2nd time in 3 years, then on another piano at the same location, realized that the humidity was likely a problem. Went to Wal-mart and picked up a hygromitor for $6.50 and found 32% — and it’s raining today. I’m going to put one at each school location. And I’m considering picking up a bunch of these to sell to customers.
-sam

]]> By: Chuckhttp://kansascitypianotuning.com/tuner/monitoring-piano-humidity/#comment-40 Chuck Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:41:13 +0000 http://kansascitypianotuning.com/?p=1632#comment-40 Hi Deborah,If it were me, I would buy two Hygrometers and place one on each piano. I would only use Hygrometers that keep a record of the minimum and maximum humidity levels. Then I would do whatever was necessary to keep the humidity as close to 42% as possible making sure not to go over 60% or below 35%.If you click on the picture of Hygrometer at the top of this page, the link will take you to a Google shopping search.Good Luck! If I can be of help please don't hesitate to ask.Chuck Hi Deborah,

If it were me, I would buy two Hygrometers and place one on each piano. I would only use Hygrometers that keep a record of the minimum and maximum humidity levels. Then I would do whatever was necessary to keep the humidity as close to 42% as possible making sure not to go over 60% or below 35%.

If you click on the picture of Hygrometer at the top of this page, the link will take you to a Google shopping search.

Good Luck! If I can be of help please don’t hesitate to ask.

Chuck

]]> By: Deborah Metcalfehttp://kansascitypianotuning.com/tuner/monitoring-piano-humidity/#comment-39 Deborah Metcalfe Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:55:31 +0000 http://kansascitypianotuning.com/?p=1632#comment-39 Thanks so much for this article! I just moved from Fla. to dry Southern CA. The piano technician I had for the first tuning here REALLY pressured me to buy the "Life Saver" system IMMEDIATELY. I'm considering a home humidifier or room humidifier and will be happy to purchase a hygrometer, but since I have two pianos I simply don't have the $1,000. budget to install two of those systems. I'm checking recommendations on humidifers and planned to place one between the two pianos. Given my busy schedule, I'm afraid I'd be one of the non-compliant even if I did purchase the system. I don't have time to water plants OR pianos! The precious little time I have, I prefer to be actually playing the piano, not messing with this system. Do you think the room humidifier carefully monitored will suffice? Thanks so much for this article! I just moved from Fla. to dry Southern CA. The piano technician I had for the first tuning here REALLY pressured me to buy the “Life Saver” system IMMEDIATELY. I’m considering a home humidifier or room humidifier and will be happy to purchase a hygrometer, but since I have two pianos I simply don’t have the $1,000. budget to install two of those systems. I’m checking recommendations on humidifers and planned to place one between the two pianos. Given my busy schedule, I’m afraid I’d be one of the non-compliant even if I did purchase the system. I don’t have time to water plants OR pianos! The precious little time I have, I prefer to be actually playing the piano, not messing with this system. Do you think the room humidifier carefully monitored will suffice?

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