At 10:55 AM 12/24/00 -0500, you wrote: >No cottage, but it was in a storage warehouse for a couple years. >I would agree with a low wattage being useful in summer. >The collective 120W installed, without control seemed a little much. > >The current owner has no instructions about when, or if to use it. >They wanted to know if they should leave it plugged in all the time, all year. >Even a proper Damp-Chaser, used improperly, can be worse then none >at all. Since this system has no control device, the client would have to be >informed and on top of it. > > Cheers > Dave Renaud > RPT > Ottawa-Hull > > > > > >Marcel Carey wrote: > > > Was this piano ever in a cottage situation? I used to advise people too > poor > > to buy dampp chasers to use this system. I would advise them to plug the > > system only in the summer though and I usually advised for only 60watts. > > As far as the hairline cracks, the Lesage are famous for that. If you look > > closely, you will notice that the maple they used for pinblock was not > > quarter sawn wich caused a lot of cracks in the pinblock area. > > > > Marcel Carey > > Marcel Carey, accordeur technicien > > (819) 564-0447 Dave, Will work but no control. DAMAGE Are you more than 5 miles from the piano ? Then You are the expert. I see this BS a lot. We need a less expensive Humid astate with better sensitivity. Merry Holiday +
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