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Piano - Going out of tune.

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  • 04-09-2013 11:00pm
    #1
    IIITrunks
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭


    If I have an upright, mahogany piano against a wall, as such that part [perhaps 30-50 cm] of which is over a radiator, how badly will this effect my pianos tuning?
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    martinedwards
    Registered Users Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭martinedwards


    lots.

    well, some anyway.....

    strings are metal which expands and contracts a lot due to heat.

    we got our acoustic piano on a very cold day and brought it home on a trailer.

    after 2 hours freezing outside, we brought itin and it was miles off.

    the next day after it reaclimatised?

    spot on!!


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    IIITrunks
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭IIITrunks


    Well, the radiator would be on during the cold days of the winter, the overall room temperature of my room is usually very stable, though during the hot weeks of this summer it was terribly hot.

    I'm not sure if there's any way of buffing the heat exposure to the piano, with an insulator or fabric, if anyone knows?


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    Dermoth
    Registered Users Posts: 285 ✭✭Dermoth


    If you fill a couple of jam jars with water and place them in the bottom of the piano on the inside, it helps to deal with shifts in temperature. They need to be kept topped up as the water evaporates over time.


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