At home: Piano placement and maintenance

Where is the piano sitting at home? How to maintain?
If placed properly, timely repair, maintenance, and piano as you think so precious difficult.
Bought a piano for the child, when pay, still did not think of the problem that puts, think casually make one's place
Son out, not put it down? As a result, back to the Internet for information, only to find that the piano is not arbitrary! My husband and I considered several alternatives and were not satisfied with it. Where is the right place to choose? Will the living room sound better? Some children seem to see their home is the living room. But the main entertainment our family are concentrated in the living room, if this child practicing, what can be done. Or simply change the study to a piano room, which may be relatively better. Also, if placed in the window, when the child is not easy to practice attracted by the scenery outside the window? And what if it rains and forgets to close the window, is it the piano that gets caught in the rain? What would you expect to have trouble with?.
Also, is it difficult to maintain the piano? Do you want to use a hood to cover it when you're not playing? What are the precautions on the protection? Do you need insect control? Also, I've seen a career like a piano tuner. Does that mean we should have someone tune in to the piano regularly? How often will it be appropriate? If there is a time bomb, the piano is not will be out of tune? How should I keep it?
Before my parents asked me this question, I never expected that these problems would cause problems for everyone. But then I thought, yes, my parents are professional engaged in music, piano like tables, cabinets, home is certainly a part of these details of their nature is very clear, and I was around, also feel that these are very simple things, but never touched it on the piano parents must have a lot of questions to answer.
First of all, piano placement. In the concert hall, a piano room is reserved for the piano. When the piano is not playing, the piano is specially kept here, and the temperature and humidity have special standards. And at home, this condition is difficult to achieve, then in the living room or larger room, separated from the special space to play the piano is also possible. But at least pay attention to, put the piano space, can not dry, tide. For example, the north room in winter heating, heating will make the air is very dry, woody and fleece components may contraction deformation, which will lead to noise and set screw loosening, lost piano intonation. And to warm the decoration of the family should pay more attention to, heating the piano is a negative factor, especially in the piano can not be placed in the vicinity of the heating outlet, otherwise the heater will cause great damage to the piano. As for the winter cold fear of children practicing on the piano, the heater near the heat source is wrong, may damage the piano component leads to degradation of quality.
The key lies in the southern city of moisture, especially in Jiangnan area, every year in May and June to enter the rainy season, mildew, degumming and humid climate often caused by the piano wood and even deformation, and the action mechanism for piano piece is composed of velvet, felt, leather and wood, are very sensitive to humidity, resulting in problems such as failure, dull piano keys high humidity. Therefore, at this stage, we must pay attention to dry ventilation, you can also take the home dehumidifier or placed in the vicinity of the piano drying agent emergency measures.
In addition, the piano should not be attached to the facade, the wall is placed, not placed in the window, the piano shell is wooden, direct sunlight and temperature changes too much will hurt it. Keep a good ventilation. If possible, the piano is in the middle of the house, not against the wall. This is the best.
Usually do not pile up debris, heavy on the piano, such as flower is good-looking, but once accidentally knocked over the flowers, water infiltration inside the piano big trouble, so, in addition to music and metronome, anything else please stay away from the piano, these are the need to pay attention to the details.
In addition, to add a little piano cleaning problems, clean with soft cloth gently wipe is the best, and careful cleaning agent, chemical composition has a great probability to cause piano shell or keyboard injury.
And Piano debugging is required to do regularly, every year to tune two times, after moving must tune. As for debugging and maintenance, the principle is that as soon as problems arise, they should be repaired in time. For example, the piano in a strange voice to timely maintenance, the parents do not feel lazy, eighty-eight keys but there is a problem, “ anyway, the child temporarily is also playing to the area, no, ” though it may temporarily will not affect the recent study of the song, but can not let the children in a technology the piano piano.