humidity control and house fires

[Dean May]

I happen to have acquired somewhere some rather old heater bars. The cords
on them have all gone bad and they have never been used. The insulation
turned very hard and brittle. It would crack exposing bare wire with any
kind of flexure. So, the moral is, if you have a customer with an old
heater bar make sure the cord is still good.

Dean

Dean May             cell 812.239.3359
PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272
Terre Haute IN  47802

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of Wally Scherer
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 1:53 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: humidity control and house fires

When you service a piano that has a heater bar, be
sure to check the wire to see if it's ok. My in-laws
lost their mobile home and most of its contents a few
years ago. The problem was traced to a heater bar in
the piano.

(I wasn't in the same state when it happened, nor had
ever serviced the piano, so don't blame me.)



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Wallace T. Scherer, Piano technician, music educator
Piano tuning & repairs, piano lessons, Edwards String Covers
P.O. Box 4121, Lantana, Florida, 33465
Phone: 561-432-4121
Web page: http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/afinetune

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