Dampp Chaser question

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

Dean,
After three months my customer's piano and a good inch of white salty 
crud above the pad.  It may depend on the system and on the kind of 
mineralization in the water.

Andrew

At 03:26 PM 12/4/2005, you wrote:
>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
>Dean May             cell 812.239.3359
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>
>-----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.
>Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
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