I've thought about that idea, but the truck would get in the way of rolling the cart under the piano. Jeff On Friday, October 10, 2003, at 11:42 AM, Otto Keyes wrote: > At Banff I rigged up some damp chaser systems on small carts which > could be > rolled under the concert grands. Perhaps not as effective as an > "in-piano" > system, but with a long skirt on the cover (could be attached with > velcro > strips) it provided some control. These were easy to cobble together > (1x4 > frame on casters), and I think it would be worth a shot. When not on > stage, > the pianos went in their "box" backstage & the carts went in with them. > Don't know if those are still in use since the new music building went > in a > few years back, but they were reasonably effective at the time. > > Otto > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)" <WOLFLEEL@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> > To: "'College and University Technicians'" <caut@ptg.org> > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 8:07 AM > Subject: RE: Steinway 45 upright > > >> This piano gets trucked around a fair amount and lives on a large >> union >> stage where people shove things around and ask questions later. Also, >> its > in >> a 3,000 seat hall (Cincinnati Music Hall) and I wouldn't want to >> cover up >> anything. They record every concert for broadcast and I'd be paranoid >> of >> potential rattles. Do a lot of people out there use DC units onstage? >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Eric Wolfley >> Head Piano Technician >> Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music >> University of Cincinnati >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Don [mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca] >> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 4:36 AM >> To: College and University Technicians >> Subject: RE: Steinway 45 upright >> >> >> Hi Eric, >> >> Why no hope of a DC system with bottom cover? >> >> At 10:12 AM 10/10/2003 -0400, you wrote: >>> to dry out it reverts a devilish false beat capo noise monster. >> Unfortunately, most of the concerts are during the dry months and >> there is >> no hope of any climate control. >>> Eric Wolfley >> >> Regards, >> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >> >> mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca >> http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ >> >> 3004 Grant Rd. >> REGINA, SK >> S4S 5G7 >> 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >> _______________________________________________ >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> _______________________________________________ >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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