politics

[John Minor]

On Sat, 18 Feb 1995, richard west wrote:

> Secondly, regarding Dampp-Chasers, several years ago I installed a
> number of them in faculty studios and found out that faculty ignored
> them and so they were ineffective.  I tried filling them myself, but
> this was a very time consuming operation and finding a good time to
> get into studios was sometimes a problem.  I have since taken them all
> out and rely on the maintenance people to turn on the humidity in the
> winter.  This year my humidistat has held at around 50% all winter.
> The pianos are staying in tune rather well.  The problem is not
> all rooms are the same.  Some have too much moisture pumped in which
> causes too much condensation around the windows and has peeled some
> plaster.  I'm sure the maintenance people don't like that, but
> violinists, bassists, pianists, and I would rather have the humidity.
>
      I think this is THE  preferred way, and in some aspects the most
simple!! I was new at the U of Illinois last year and when I noticed the
humidity getting low, just gave a few calls to the guys who service this
area. In a building built circa 1922, the humidity system works fine...as
long as they keep after it. It only takes a few phone calls to keep things
in line. It sure beats filling damp chasers!!!!

> Richard West
> Naive Nebraskan  [NOT] : )
> rwest@unlinfo.unl.edu
>

John Minor
University of Illinois
jminor@uiuc.edu