Dampp Chaser question

[Dean May]

I've had really good success with recommending soft water for DChaser
systems. The combination of soft water and treatment leaves pads soft
even after a year. I've seen no adverse effects from such a combination.


How is it hard on the pianos? 

Dean
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Terre Haute IN  47802


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Don
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 2:22 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: RE: Dampp Chaser question

Hi Mark,

Water softners work by replacing calcium ions with sodium ions (salt).
This
is very hard on DC systems and on pianos in general--the clients should
not
use softened water in their units.

At 02:00 PM 12/4/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>        I use the humidifier treatment only occasionally on my own
piano at
>home where the water has a fairly high mineral content. I get very
little
>buildup on the heater bars and the pads seem to last forever. OTOH, I
have
>had customers with water softening systems where the pads were shot
after 4
>months and the crud had to be scraped off with a knife.     - Mark
Dierauf 

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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