Constant Humidity - Why Your Piano Needs It

Moisture to a piano is very important. Humidity can beexpansion and contraction of the wood would change
the best or worst friend to your piano. To understandfrom the extremes of each season.
this more we must understand how humidity impactsRoom size and conditions can also change the
our piano. More than any other factor, humidity willhumidity in the room. A church, for example, with a
impact the sound and pitch of the piano. A piano madelarge room and high ceiling can have high variations in
of wood has the ability to expand and contracthumidity. Every one remembers going to that large
depending the how much or how little of humid air issummer church wedding and experiencing the
present. We will also discuss how the type of roomuncomfortable feeling of a very humid church. I can
can change and impact how frequently the piano isremember the day my sister got married in July. It was
tuned. This article will also look at how piano covers willan extremely hot and humid day. The humidity made it
protect the piano from daily humidity swings. Thevery uncomfortable.
over-riding goal is to keep the humidity levels in roomPiano covers can help. The nice thing about a piano
consistent and even.cover is that it can do several things to protect your
The first thing that we need to know is how humidityinvestment. Piano covers will help keep the humidity at
affects the piano. Humidity by definition is defined intothe same level once the room returns to normal. A
two categories, absolute humidity and relative humidity.piano cover will stop direct sunlight. Piano covers are
Absolute humidity is the amount of water vapor that isgreat at keeping the piano finish from discoloration
present in the air. Relative humidity is amount ofresulting from sun damage.
comfort or discomfort one feels. It indicates how muchThere are a few companies that make humidity
moisture can evaporate from the skin. For our purposemeasuring devices, called hygrometers. The idea of
we will be referring to absolute humidity.the device is to keep the piano at a consistent humidity
Proper Humidity will help keep your piano tuned longer.level. The low cost of such of a device make it a
Wide variations in humidity can make the wood of agood investment. It can keep your piano in tune a lot
piano expand and contract. I can remember mylonger. It can save the expense of needing to have a
parents scheduling the piano tuner twice a year.professional retune your piano more than once
Needing it tuned once in the low humidity of the dryannually.
winter and once in the high humidity summer. The