Don, I don't get it either !!! I always thought you had a dryness problem with your winters out there..... and you're using "light bulbs"? What are you growing in the bottom of those church pianos anyway? Or are you just trying to shine "light" on a job well done? John Lillico, RPT Oakville, ON Canada >Hi Terry, > >You miss understood. The piano has a full DC system...AND a separate >thermostically controlled heating system. The 2 are totally independant of >one another. > > >At 10:46 PM 05/11/2000 -0400, you wrote: >>I think you may be asking for trouble having a DC system (dehumidification I >>presume) regulated by a thermostat. That will indeed heat the inside of the >>piano, but it will do this in the winter (I assume you are in a cold >>climate) when relative humidity (RH) is low and it will lower the RH inside >>the piano even more, possibly causing damage. >> >>My information is that it is more important to regulate humidity than >>temperature (although the post below makes a good point about tuning >>stability). Install a good DC system with appropriate capacity and consider >>it done. Good luck! >> >>Terry Farrell >>Piano Tuning & Service >>Tampa, Florida >>mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com> >>To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >>Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:45 PM >>Subject: Re: Heat for the piano >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have experimented in country churches using a dampchaser system in >>> conjunction with a thermostate. I used light bulbs in series with y >>> connectors so that they would not likely ever burn out. It works well. >>> >>> At 08:15 PM 05/11/2000 EDT, you wrote: >>> > >>> ><< a building that >>> >will be unheated during the week, and they want to be sure that their >>> >Yamaha P22 isn't damaged by the cold. > >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > >Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts > >drose@dlcwest.com >http://donrose.htmlplanet.com/ > >3004 Grant Rd. >REGINA, SK >S4S 5G7 >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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