>The question is: in the absence of a humidistat should the heater bar be >unpluged in the winter? > >Mike Bratcher What Gina said. It ain't the heat (or lack of) that's the problem, it's the humidity (or lack of). An unregulated heater bar in a piano is just a very slow fire. It takes a little longer to consume the piano when you can't see the flame, but it's just as inevitable. Get a humidistat in the loop, rather than a personal plugger- unplugger, or hand the heater bar to the owner. I pulled one just a week ago in a situation where they would have sprung for the complete system shortly after the fine arts department budget exceeded that of athletics. Felt good. Ron N
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