[CAUT] Damp chaser table

[Otto Keyes]

I was going to suggest a collapsible box for hpschd storage.  Sounds
complicated, but it's not.  However, the cover idea could be simpler & much
more effective.  I would construct a frame over the instrument & make the
cover of material which would breath, but slow down the wicking of moisture
to the rest of the room -- sort of a tent that could be partially withdrawn
for playing.  This would allow the humidity access to the whole of the
instrument, not just the bottom.

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 3:55 PM
Subject: RE: [CAUT] Damp chaser table


>
> >Hi David,
> >
> >The room is about 18x20 with very high ceilings. (Organ pipes and all).
> >The HVAC is old and nuts.
> >
> >I don't really believe the DC will work either, but if we give it a try
> >and it doesn't maybe they will go for the room humidifier. The reason
they
> >didn't already is cost. Smaller units seemed to be too labor intensive
> >(fill daily).
> >
> >Usually harpsichordists tune their own instruments, but here it's always
> >been the piano tech's job. The professor is a wonderful man willing let
> >the tuning go a bit, but I know there is a way to solve this or make it
better.
> >
> >Jim Busby BYU
>
>
> If you can keep a near floor length cover over the harpsichord, immersing
> it in  the localized climate, the Dampp-Chaser should help in spite of the
> covered bottom. There's just no telling how much.
>
> Ron N
>
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