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I have heard many times that the piano is the 3th or 4ht most important investment at home (1st the house, 2nd the car, 3th the piano)

It's the OP again,
I've updated my flickr account to show pics of the entire living room.



This shows all the walls of the room.
It looks like I'll be doing this!
Covering up the bottom half of the window wioth cardboard, behind the pleatewwd shade. So the cardboard won't be visible from the inside, only from the outside of thehouse. Which I can live with.
2.) Closing the forced ait heating vent (there is no AC) and also covering it with cardboard. You won't see the carxboard since the oiano will block it.
I know these cardboard fixes sound awfully cheap of me, but I'm laying out all I have on the house! No money left!

So please tell me if either of these are a bad idea, or simply not enough of a fix. I'm not as worried about esthetics as I am about keepoing my beloved piano safe and in tune and not dried up.
Also, if oyu have any additional or better ideas, please tell me! Otherwise, it's going to be this cardboard fix-up.

I want to thank all of you for all the womnderful ideas and info you gave me. I am truly touched that so many of you were concerned enough to offer me your expertise.

Please excuse the typos. I'm having a glitch on this site and I can't move the cursor back to correct.
Check out the situation here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/infinitypiano/

This piano means a lot to you. You have many suggestions, some from practical experience, some purely theoretical and untried.

Stand back and take a real good look around. Ask yourself, What would your father have done.

If you're not expecting umpteens of dining guests every night, i.e. if your dining furniture won't extend too far into the lounge area, I would consider to shift the piano left of the window, after having properly blocked the higher air vent closer to the window (and possibly even the other one at floor level).

Alternately, if the wiring/cable allows, change the piano and the entertainment center around.

Personally, I'd not want my piano in the area with the two windows. I do like sunlight in my home, but not on my piano - not even indirectly.

I would seriously put it here above all other options. Entertainment centre be damned, if the cables don't reach, get longer cables!