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I may have a problem: due to a storm we lost power for about four hours (it's now restored).
What was my chief worry? Not the food in the refrigerator/freezer (what's a little food poisoning among friends?), but the tuning of the piano! I rely on the Piano Life Saver (and it works!). Thankfully the RH in the house during that time was about 40%, so no crazy extremes.
I just thought one or two others here might appreciate and sympathize with my whackadoodle priorities!
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I wouldn't worry too much about it, RobAc. Worse case scenario, you may want to have your piano tuned, but I doubt 4 hours without power, and not much of RH change would cause a problem with your piano.
As for food in the frig and freezer, if you didn't open the frig/freezer door, you should be good to go there too.
I lost power during the night too, due to strong thunderstorms, but all it affected was my digital clocks not powered by batteries.
All the best!
Rick
Piano enthusiast and amateur musician: "Treat others the way you would like to be treated". Yamaha C7. YouTube Channel
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I'm so confused. I read and reread your post multiple times and could not find any whackadoodle priorities.
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Flat notes are harder to stomach than spoiled meat, after all 😅
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I'm so confused. I read and reread your post multiple times and could not find any whackadoodle priorities. Haha!!!
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There are priorities during a power outage. Wine, making sure it doesn't spoil.
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There are priorities during a power outage. Wine, making sure it doesn't spoil. I did briefly worry about the gin in the freezer!
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I wouldn't worry too much about it, RobAc. Worse case scenario, you may want to have your piano tuned, but I doubt 4 hours without power, and not much of RH change would cause a problem with your piano.
As for food in the frig and freezer, if you didn't open the frig/freezer door, you should be good to go there too.
I lost power during the night too, due to strong thunderstorms, but all it affected was my digital clocks not powered by batteries.
All the best!
Rick I think I'm in the clear! Did a quick check after the power was restored, before leaving for the day
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Probably 99% of piano owners don't have a Piano Life Saver system and have not had any serious problems. But if the tuning was affected you can't change what has already happened anyway.
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