humidity control in concert pianos

[Otto Keyes]

Would that be done with S&S CA glue?  ("Steinway Approved Pronouced
Pulsation Inhibitor" -- SAPPI Super-glue, for short)  Otherwise it wouldn't
be a real Steinway anymore, now would it?!  :-)

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)" <WOLFLEEL@UCMAIL.UC.EDU>
To: "'College and University Technicians'" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 12:29 PM
Subject: RE: humidity control in concert pianos


> Has anyone ever done any investigations involving the tonal impact these
> units might have on a stage piano? It seems to me that you would have to
> lose a certain amount of power since sound is coming off the bottom of the
> soundboard as well as the top. I know these units have great value in
studio
> and home situations, but I just can't imagine it not affecting the piano's
> tone and power. And by the way, just as a reminder about how this thread
> began, I haven't heard from anyone about gluing bridge pins on a concert
> instrument...it seems like a great idea to be able to stabilize the wood
> around these pins. I guess I'll just have to go up into a practice room
and
> find out for myself...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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 7:25 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: humidity control in concert pianos
>
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> I've changed the thread.
>
> That's very simple to arrange. Take a rechargeable emergency flashlight,
> replace the bulb with a buzzer and splice it into the power cord of the DC
> unit. When the unit is unplugged it will buzz for about 20 minutes. Trust
> me--they will plug it in! I'd really appreciate the DC people including
> this as an optional "add on".
>
> A refinement to this would be to use one of the many uninteruptible power
> supplies that are used on computers--I do think this is overkill--but I'd
> do it in a flash if I could purchase a unit where the "beep" could be
> turned off for concerts--there would then be no cords needed during a
> performance.
>
> The local University concert venue's here have DC units on the two pianos
> used for that purpose.
>
>
> At 10:55 AM 10/10/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >If he's like us, there is no way to expect to keep one plugged in on a
> >concert instrument.
> >Jeff
> >
> >On Friday, October 10, 2003, at 08:35 AM, Don wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >>
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> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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