Different question about heater bars

[Farrell]

Hi Richard. Thank goodness for a different direction for this thread! ;-)
Hey, I saw your picture. I think I remember seeing you in Arlington, but I
do not believe we met. I hope we do sometime! I think most techs in most
parts of North America use/install/recommend the complete system. I believe
most techs in Florida, or at least the south half of Florida, do not use the
humidifier portion. I have monitored many a home interior in the winter and
I do not think I have ever seen a RH reading below about 35% - and that is
rare. I do suppose however that in some retirement communities down here the
RH tends to get a bit lower when the mercury plummits below 60 degrees F
outside and the home heat is cranked up to 85 degrees F or so. But those
tend to only get tuned/serviced when the piano is newly inherited, so its
kinda hard to track whether dryness was part of the reason that the piano is
so flat and/or falling apart.

Not using the humidifier is part of the reason that I pay quite a bit of
attention to where the humidistat is cycling on and off at. If it does what
it is supposed to do and go on at 46% RH (or so) and off at 38% RH (or so)
it will maintain a very constant year-round RH if the room only drops to 35%
at the driest.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: Different question about heater bars


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> Ron Nossaman wrote:
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> > Good grief Richard, enough already! You aren't going to convince Terry
that
> > heat doesn't dry out soundboards. Wanna guess why? Soundboards don't
seem to
> > show any interest in semantics and high concept. They aren't much
interested in
> > RH% either, but the resulting changes in EMC sure get them moving.
Remember
> > pianos going flat in the winter and sharp in the summer? Remember
Dampp-Chaser
> > systems and how they ameliorate humidity swings and stabilize seasonal
tuning
> > drift - all with a few HEATER BARS??????? Hello, hello. Testing...
testing...
> > <G>
> >
> > Ron N
>
> Grin.. Sorry Ron... sometimes I just cant help myself... Dont you guys use
the
> complete systems down there ??
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> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
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