Dampp Chaser or not, that is that question!

[Donald Lemoine]

john i would go with a system, the more tubes the better,  belly 50w, tail
38w,  under key area 35W
be extra careful to placement of therm-control, should really fix this
situation.
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>From: PIANO2NR@AOL.COM
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: Dampp Chaser or not, that is that question!
>Date: Mon, Jan 31, 2000, 10:06 PM
>

>In a message dated 1/31/00 8:08:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>John.Woodrow@pil.com.au writes:
>
><< 
> I am concerned that the pressure ridges may open up if the DC is constantly
> trying to pull the humidity down from the 70% to 55%. >>
>
>Hi John,
>I don't think you will have a problem with the ridges opening up.  At least 
>not until the humidity would get down in the low 30%'s.  I am doing a 
>restoration on a Kawai KG-2C that is about 20 years old.  It was in a house 
>that had a fire in the next room.  It had two pressure ridges that did not 
>open up on forced drying so that I could shim if needed.  A week with a 600 
>watt heater under the piano did not make it open up.
>
>Randy Mangus,RPT
>