Dampp-Chaser comment (was RE: Rebuilt Steinway...The General Issues

[kam544]

>... My experience has been that Steinway has been extremely reticent 
>in recommencing the use of DampChasers, as they have no control over 
>the quality of the installation, nor the dependability of the 
>product itself.
>David Skolnik

For the record:

Steinway & Sons
"The installation of a Dampp-Chaser Humidity Control System can, in 
our opinion, provide a degree of climate control for the piano which 
may not be otherwise attainable."

(from the publication If You Value The Piano by Dampp-Chaser)

Keith McGavern
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA