Servicing new players: continued

[Larry Fisher]

Brian writes.....

>>> Another problem would include =
>>>blocking any chance of the installation of a proper climate control =
>>>system, particularly on grands, especially if a humidifier is needed.
>>
LarBear responds....

>>Plenty of room on all the ones I've done.  (Over 100 now)  I don't
>>understand what your concern is.  Even the small pianos that have the
>>speakers mounted under the piano, can have enough room for the water bucket
>>providing the speakers are mounted accomodatingly.  (if that's a word)
>>
>
Brian returns with .......

>What are your thoughts on this salespeak:  "You don't need a dampp chaser,
>Mr Muckenfuss, because the heat produced by the system ='s sufficient
>dehumidification"
>

No, my friend, there isn't that much heat produced during idle times.  I've
got on my database a piano that is played 12 hours per day everyday.  It's
been in service for about a year and a half and has acoustic foam installed
betwixt the back posts.  It's stable as ever, stays in tune very nicely,
plays perfectly every day, and really doesn't show any signs of needing a DC
installed.  (Kawai KG2 I think, small dinky little dorky pianner).  If it
needed one, it could be mounted right by the belly rail and the bucket could
be installed normally.  Some foam would have to be removed to accomodate.

On all the vertical pianos that I've done, there's room for the rod just
under the solenoid rail.  The bucket would have to be mounted under it
leaving no room for the power supply on the inside of the lower cavity.  It
(the aforementioned power supply)  could be mounted on the outside, betwixt
the backposts.

So you can tell Mr. Muckenfuss, Mrs. Plotchmeister, Msr. Umptekrock, Ms.
Prissy, and the Dingleputz family that they can all have a full featured DC
in their piano and the sun will set with nice music playing in the
background, there, hey, once, yah, enso hey, ok??

Lar

  
                                    Larry Fisher RPT
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