Dampp Chaser question

[Don]

Hi Dean,

Salt water does nasty things to metal Dean.

At 04:26 PM 12/4/2005 -0500, 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
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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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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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