In a message dated 3/6/00 8:09:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: << allow for openings. And, since there must be openings as you say, could not these > be such that the mylar (or what ever is used, can be left open at the spot where > the dehumdifier is so that it can be serviced without removal of the >> Richard: It would seem to me if you want some moisture retention within the cavity of the piano, that the use of a porous material would be counterproductive to the goal. The "breathing" action of cloth-like materials would not be the way. If you were using the under cover for wind deflection-as I was doing- it might work satisfactorily. All of this conjecture, obviously, is without scientific backup. This is, at this point, just something I have tried and it has seemingly worked for me in two applications. Bob Bergantino,RPT Willoughby Hills, Ohio
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