Heat for the piano

[Farrell]

Ahhhhhh, interesting. Kinda cool, I like going to extremes. As long as you
have gone that far, I can think of three important considerations: 1) put a
good cover over the whole piano while it sits in the cold during the week
(insulated preferably - this will decrease temp. swings and tend to
stabilize actual humidity); 2) make sure the humidification and
dehumidification portions of the DC system are sized adequately (by heating
and kinda sealing the micro-environment of the piano you may be experiencing
both humidity extremes (hi and low) and need more than normal capacity); 3)
monitor the piano environment to evaluate whether the whole system is
working properly.

As much as I like to mess with these things (I have a DC humidistat
controlling the condensing-type dehumidifier in my shop, etc.) I think you
may be better off without the additional heat. Just have the DC system and a
cover for the piano. Let us know what you do and how it works. 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 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: Heat for the piano


> 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
>
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>
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