Be Kind To Your Piano When You Put It In Storage
You own a piano you love. But, you find that you need to put it in storage for a while. How should you go about doing it?
Many experts will tell you to avoid storing a piano if at all possible. Its suggested to do everything you can to find a relative or friend who can keep the piano in their home or apartment until youre ready for it again.
But what if thats not possible?
A climate controlled storage facility is the best storage choice. Then the piano wont be subjected to big temperature swings and big humidity changes, both of which can cause a lot of damage to a piano.
Pianos are very sensitive to temperature and humidity changes. Frequent, severe swings in temperature and humidity can wreck the wood piano case; doing things to it such as drying it out to the point of cracking if its too dry for a long time or warping it and wrecking the wood if its too humid.
Frequent or severe temperature and humidity changes will also cause the piano to go out of tune sooner than it normally would. It can also cause the wool cloth in the piano actions on better quality pianos to deteriorate....