# I got a piano! Help! (Longish) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 18, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-piano-help-longish/308788 "2005-06-18T04:37:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-piano-help-longish/308788/21 "2005-06-20T14:19:48Z")
> [@The Sausage Creature](#): > > Thanks for the detailed reply, **Commasense**. I’ll have to see if I can squeeze a visit from a tech into the budget. Right now our main goal is to stabilize it before it gets any further damage until we’ve got the moolah to refurbish it. The monetary value of the piano is not an issue; we just want to preserve it as a piece of family history, to have something both nice to look at and maybe to play casually once in a while (My husband has had lessons, I have not - I would like to eventually though). I’ll have to look into that book you linked as well as the Pierce’s. Thanks alot! Unless it’s sitting in a pond, or in a desert, or leaning off the edge of a cliff, there is little you need to do to “stabilize” it. Keeping it in a room that remains between 65-80 degrees F, and 40-50% relative humidity is the most important thing. And be sure that direct sunlight does not fall on it. As long as those conditions obtain, and you don’t have dogs (or termites) chewing on it, it will be fine until you can have more serious work done. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-piano-help-longish/308788.md?page=1)