Air Conditioning

[Farrell]

Regarding the hotel thing, Ron may have a point. I wonder what type of AC
they have. Also, is there a water fall or pond in the hotel? I tuned a three
year old Yamaha C7 two days ago at an Embassy Suite hotel and the strings
were TOTALLY rust covered, the soundboard had MAJOR pressure ridges all
over, and the action played like a truck. The piano has been and was right
next to a fake, dumb, horrible-looking water fall and pond in the hotel
atrium. I suggested they may want to consider a dehumidification system (I
figure if I stack the Damp-Chaser rods about three deep, I can get about
1,200 watts under there).

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Hofstetter" <dianepianotuner@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: Air Conditioning


> Coming from a cool part of California, I wasn't prepared for the humidity
> readings I kept seeing in my room at the Crystal City Hyatt.  All these
> years I had read that AC took moisture out of the air and here I was
reading
> 78% on my brand new Damppchaser humidistat.  Finally one tech told me that
> in many large buildings such as the hotel or university buildings they are
> using a new type of airconditioning that actually puts moisture back into
> the rooms.  That probably doesn't explain your customer's problem though.
>
> Moisture is a constant problem for us here on the coast and under the
giant
> Redwoods.  Next week I have to go back on a Steinway grand I rebuilt about
> ten years ago; customer complains it is too heavy.  I asked her about the
> damppchaser, she says "Oh, we don't want to bother with that."  It's in an
> unheated, non-insulated summer cabin in the woods  :-(
>
> Diane
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: staytuned@idirect.com (John Lillico, RPT)
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Air Conditioning
> Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 01:15:06 -0400
>
>  >I think Larry Messerly is both right and wrong. AC does indeed filter
>  >water out of the air, but don't expect uniform results from all AC units
> On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 02:15:54 -0700 "Robert A. Anderson"
> <fndango@azstarnet.com> wrote
>
>  >at all times. I have measured humidity levels between 35% and 55%
>  >approximately in homes in the Summer with AC running. I conclude that
>  >not all units are equally efficient, especially when the air is being
>  >cooled to a greater degree from a high moisture content level.
>  >
>  >Bob Anderson
>  >Tucson, AZ
>
> Rob,
>
> The RH readings I'm seeing this month are about 60% on average (the record
> was 82%) and most are air conditioned environments. I asked a heating
> engineer about this. He said that most central air units are too large for
> the area they cool. When temperature drops too quickly the units shut off
> leaving RH at these high levels.
>
> I long for a good snowfall.
>
> John Lillico, RPT
> Oakville, Ontario
>
>
>
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