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[John Ross]

Hi Bud,
I think you will find that the customer, had added some kind of humidifier
treatment, that made the moisture corrosive.  Dampp-Chaser in their literature
has warned about adding chemicals to the water.
If they have added anything, check the label and see if it is corrosive.
Their e-mail is <damppchaser@circle.net>, I am sure they would want to know, so
they can make the warning more prominent.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

TunerBud@AOL.COM wrote:

> HiGroup:
> This is the lst time I'm sending in a problem. Here goes.  I've been tuning a
> Sohmer console since 1981.  Initially I put in a Damp Chaser rod.  This was
> upgraded to a complete humidity system in 1994.  Tuned the piano in October
> '98, and replaced the wicks.  Tuned the piano in April 99, and nothing
> unusual at that time.  I did not open the knee at that time.  The customer
> moved in June '99.  Went last week to tune and almost died.  The bass strings
> are covered in some kind of blue oxidation and have become dead.  Two tenor
> strings are broken. The movers took the humidifier tank out of the piano, The
> brackets holding the little heater bar are corroded and broken.  The Humidity
> system was not plugged in.  I am at a complete loss.
>     If the bass string oxidation had started last Oct. when I replaced the
> wicks, I would have seen it.  In April of this year if the bass strings were
> dead, I would have heard it.  What and when went wrong?  The movers assured
> the customer that they did not bomb the truck prior to moving into the new
> place.
>     The only thing I can think of is because the system wasn't plugged in,
> the oxidation  formed.  But it would have to have done its dirty work very
> fast.
>     Before I restring the bass, I would like to have some idea of what went
> wrong so that this isn't repeated.  Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Bud Willis (NJ Chapter)