Thank you Dongsokl!  No water pipes to worry about in the studio.

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 8:56 AM, Dongsok Shin <
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> People may not agree with me, but I have no problem with keeping
> instruments below freezing. No need for blankets.
>
> Better in my opinion than dry heat (not that 50F is terribly hot). I have
> no idea if large flat pans of water filled once a week with 50F temperature
> is actually effective (though certainly better than no water filled pans).
> In NYC, where I live, apartments are often in the 80F range even with the
> radiators in the apartment turned off, because of heat from surrounding
> floors.
>
> If you turn the heat off, are you risking frozen water pipes? THAT would
> be much worse if you end up with WAY too much moisture in you place!
>
> But I have left harpsichords outside in the car in the winter, with no ill
> effects. Just as long as the transition from warm to cold and vice versa is
> not too quick or sudden.
>
> Dongsok
>
>
> On 11/13/2017 8:03 AM, Sandy Hackney wrote:
>
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> I must be away all of February, one of the coldest and driest months in
>> upstate New York.  I have several keyboards - a Flemish double, a virginal
>> and a spinet - in a 10 x 20 x 10' tight studio.  How to keep them happy
>> for
>> one month?
>>
>> Two thoughts.  I can maintain the heat at 50F and have some large flat
>> pans
>> filled with water that can be replenished once a week.  Or, turn the heat
>> off and let them sit below freezing, but wrapped in blankets.  It is not
>> possible to have the humidifiers refilled daily as I normally do.
>>
>> What is the considered wisdom of my experienced colleagues?  Thank you.
>>
>> Sandy Hackney
>> Easton, NY
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