Piano Video Lesson: Should a Piano Be on an Inside Wall?

Hi I'm Robert Estrin, this is LivingPianos.com. The question today is why should a piano be on an inside wall? You've heard this, that you must put pianos on an inside wall. And there is some truth to this, so let's talk about this. Why should that be important? Well pianos are incredibly delicate instruments, believe it or not. They're robust in some respects, but the wood of the piano, particularly the soundboard, is susceptible to very small changes in the atmosphere in regards to temperature and humidity.

Now if you're particularly an upright up against the wall and the wall has any drafts at all, then the piano will not hold its tuning as well. Worse yet, if there's a heating vent or something blowing in the back of the piano, it could destroy the soundboard. So in some homes it's really important to avoid an outside wall with your piano. Now of course modern homes are so well insulated that you can actually judge for yourself. If it's a place you would be comfortable sitting day in day out, then your piano should be fine. But if it's a place that's drafty or cold or the sun is beating on you or anything of that nature, then this could be bad for your piano as well.

So it's really common sense. In a well insulated home, an outside wall shouldn't present a problem so long as the sun isn't beating on your piano, you don't have a hot air vent or a radiator or something like that. But for older drafty homes like in the past, this was really essential to use an inside wall in your home. There's another thing to consider, which is disturbing neighbors. Particularly if you're in an apartment, you don't want an adjacent wall with another apartment, particularly an upright, it's going to throw the sound right into that neighbor's room and you could have trouble. So there's a lot to be considered here, but this is a good viewer question I thought I'd offer you.

Again, Robert Estrin at LivingPianos.com, your online piano resource. Thanks for joining me and subscribing. We'll see you next time.

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