At 7:01 PM -0500 8/19/03, Mark Cramer wrote: >...Anyone progress with ideas for porting the water from room to room? Here's what I've been doing for years: This involves 27 Sohmer Studios *without* fill tubes. I go down the hall to each room, turn on the light and remove the lower front boards. I then access a water faucet in the custodian's closet on each of the three floors with a 3' black rubber hose fitted with a connection device for the faucet. From that I fill two gallon plastic jugs that I walk to the pianos. The tanks are hung low enough to pour the water in the humidity tanks. . When the jugs become empth, I refill. I do add Humidity Treatment to the jugs each fill-up. During the filling of the humidity tanks, I check the rods to make sure the units are operating and check the pads for crust. This process takes between 45-60 minutes depending on how empty the tanks are. I have a notice sign on each piano asking for the users of the rooms to call when they notice a Low Water Light blinking. If just one call comes in, I go and do all the tanks. I do reschedule in conjunction on the chance of not receiving a call. This maximizes the effective purpose of the DP systems. I now can float the pitch on each piano and seldom do pitch changes on these pianos. I have found no quicker, reliable or efficient way for me to do this task. Keith McGavern Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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