radiant heath system

[Jason Kanter]

It doesn't sound like Marcel is talking about an in-the-floor system, since
he said it "looks like a kind of microwave." Perhaps, Marcel, you could
specify a little more about what kind of heating this is?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Jones" <jajones2@facstaff.wisc.edu>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: radiant heath system


> On 3/15/04 5:55 AM, "Marcel Carey" <mcpiano@globetrotter.net> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > A Yamaha C-5 owner is house shopping and has asked me if a radiant
> > heating could harm her piano. I did a google search only to find out
> > that this system heats the objects in a room and the objects then heat
> > the surrounding air. Has any of you had experience with this kind of
> > system? This system looks like a kind of microwave and I would be
> > afraid that the piano could get heated up too much. She's asked me to
> > find out if this system is or could be harmful for the piano.
> >
> > Can any of you lighten me up on this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marcel, RPT
> >
> > Marcel Carey
> > Accordeur Technicien
> > 2852 Dussault
> > Rock Forest  QC  J1N 2V6
> > (819) 564-0447
> > mcpiano@globetrotter.net
> >
> >
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>
> Marcel,
>  I service two buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright with radiant heat
in
> the floor. These systems are pumping liquid through pipes installed in
> concrete floors.
>     The Unitarian church has a special quilted cover with an extension
that
> wraps underneath the piano.  The Yamaha C7 is on a tripod as it gets moved
> often.  The piano is very stable, however they do not have air
conditioning
> and in the Summer the humidity raises the pitch.  In this setting I
service
> the piano about once a month.
>     The two German S & S Ds are in a private residence and are also very
> stable.  Humidity control is with a humidifier/dehumidifier system in the
> room. A carpenter made a plywood footprint that sits underneath the piano
to
> deflect the heat.  Additionally the plywood enhances the sound in this
> studio as the floor, walls, reflect a live sound.
>      I have observed that the temperature of the radiant system can be
kept
> lower and it is steady compared to a forced air system.
>     Keep in Tune.
>
> Joel
> -- 
> Joel A. Jones  RPT
> Piano Technicians Guild
> Assistant Institute Director
> June 29 - July 3, Nashville, TN
> http://www.ptg.org/conv.htm
> jajones2@facstaff.wisc.edu
> 608/833-1488
>
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