Paul, Since no one else "bit" I will input although I feel like the new kid on the block. I maintain over 300 pianos in a school system of about 90 schools. I have maybe half a dozen damp-chasers in classrooms all of which are away from the wall. You of using the rubber wire chase is probably the best solution and the safest but you need to make sure you have a buy in from the instructor and building supervisor if you have such a thing there. The other "gotcha" in this scenario is once you have them in place are you willing to keep them in service (water the pianos) or are you going to be relying on the instructor to do so? Chances are if you are not doing it, every time you visit the pianos you may have found that they have been ignored, or unplugged. In a campus environment you may be able to manage this better than I. I see the pianos in question maybe twice a year and have concluded that while the instructors say they want them, they are not willing to do the little ongoing maintenance to keep them going and a dry Damp-Chaser is worse than none at all. Larry Ray USD259 Wichita, Ks. -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of caut-request at ptg.org Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 9:33 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: CAUT Digest, Vol 24, Issue 77 Send CAUT mailing list submissions to caut at ptg.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/caut or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to caut-request at ptg.org You can reach the person managing the list at caut-owner at ptg.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CAUT digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Life Saver Systems on Vertical Classroom Pianos (Paul Milesi, RPT) 2. Re: Life Saver Systems on Vertical Classroom Pianos (Mark Cramer) 3. Re: Life Saver Systems on Vertical Classroom Pianos (Cy Shuster) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:00:05 -0400 From: "Paul Milesi, RPT" <paul at pmpiano.com> To: PTG CAUT List <caut at ptg.org> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Life Saver Systems on Vertical Classroom Pianos Message-ID: <C8EEEC15.319B2%paul at pmpiano.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII It's been a couple days, and no takers. Am I to assume no one uses a Life Saver system on a vertical piano that is out from the wall and faces out into a classroom, and that is moved around the room a little bit? Or is this topic simply not sexy enough? ;) -- Paul Milesi, RPT Staff Piano Technician Howard University Department of Music Washington, DC > From: "Paul Milesi, RPT" <paul at pmpiano.com> > Reply-To: <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:48:22 -0400 > To: PTG CAUT List <caut at ptg.org> > Conversation: Life Saver Systems on Vertical Classroom Pianos > Subject: [CAUT] Life Saver Systems on Vertical Classroom Pianos > > We have 4 classrooms with vertical pianos that are used for theory classes > and small vocal group rehearsals. The pianos are unfortunately kept at a > diagonal in the front corner of the rooms on the side by the windows and > heat pumps that supply AC and heat, in order to avoid blocking blackboards > while still giving teachers easy access. I've had no luck suggesting they > be kept on the side by the door or elsewhere, and I can understand why. > > So, I'm thinking of installing Life Savers and back covers. But I'm > wondering about safety of electrical cords from wall out to piano, maybe 4-5 > feet or so. Thought about those rubber cord protectors used in offices. > Also wonder if exposed back covers would be respected and hold up at all. > > Anyone have a similar situation and use a system? What luck? Should I just > leave the pianos as they've been for years and tune more often, or go for > more stability? We have a terrible problem with dry heat in winter, and the > heat pumps are turned on during the day and off all night, causing extremes > of temp and humidity. > > Thanks for any input. > -- > Paul Milesi, RPT > Staff Piano Technician > Howard University Department of Music > Washington, DC > > > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:14:53 -0500 From: Mark Cramer <cramer at brandonu.ca> To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Life Saver Systems on Vertical Classroom Pianos Message-ID: <4CC9855D.3030002 at brandonu.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Paul, when we added back-covers to our verticals (1999 I believe) stability with the Life Saver systems went from 10 -15 cents seasonal to 4 or 5. The only jeopardy to exposed back-covers we've experienced, is pianos that are repositioned from time to time, and covers are peeled back to get at the handles. A tidy back-cover installation (IMHO) looks nicer than the exposed back of the piano. Cord protectors are a good idea. best regards, Mark Cramer, RPT Brandon University On 28/10/2010 8:00 AM, Paul Milesi, RPT wrote: > It's been a couple days, and no takers. Am I to assume no one uses a Life > Saver system on a vertical piano that is out from the wall and faces out > into a classroom, and that is moved around the room a little bit? Or is > this topic simply not sexy enough? ;) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:32:58 -0600 From: Cy Shuster <cy at shusterpiano.com> To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Life Saver Systems on Vertical Classroom Pianos Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP1172882BBD98C825C377AA0CE440 at phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"; DelSp="yes" For years, classrooms had electrical cords running across the floor to overhead projectors at the front of the class. Since it's mostly the professor who walks up front, I'd say the risk of a cord in one of those rubber protectors is minimal, and the benefits to the piano are great. I have pictures that I'll post of using the iron-on tape for backcovers (thanks to Mark Cramer for his idea). It's fast, and very neat, and for verticals you don't need access to the back, so there's no Velcro at all. I iron the tape to the backframe first, peel off its backing (leaving just a strip of glue behind), then tack up the cover *without trimming it*. Leave an excess on the sides and bottom. Iron it in position at the top, then one side, using the excess so you can position it without burning your hand. Then go back and trim with a sharp knife, and you have a great result. --Cy-- Cy Shuster, RPT Albuquerque, NM www.shusterpiano.com www.facebook.com/shusterpiano SNC00065 SNC00066 SNC00068 SNC00069 SNC00071 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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