Improving a Dampp Chaser system

[James Grebe]

Hi Don, Here in the Midwest it is not uncommon for huge climate swings and 
the pianos that have DC systems do a little better than those that do not 
but not enough to justify the price of the system compared to a whole house 
system.
Jim
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: Improving a Dampp Chaser system


> Hi James,
>
> Go ahead and object. In my climate if a system cost $2000.00 to install 
> the
> client would recoup the money (based on 4 tunings per year, which would
> still not keep their piano within a 4 cent window of A440) in just over 4
> years (tuning @$150.00 each). They will have a piano that stays within 4
> cents per year--assuming the piano is "mechanically sound".
>
> What are your other objections? (other than price) (Inquiring minds want 
> to
> know)
>
> At 06:46 AM 21/01/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>>After spending hundreds of dollars on a complete system then the client 
>>has
>>to spend a lot more on covering up the system from the top and the bottom?
>>That is one of my objections to localized humidity control.
>>James Grebe
>
> 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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