---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Piano: 1903 Steinway S, nice home, older lady, excellent classical pianist, A/C seldom used even though we have tropical, steamy summers. Installed a full DC about 14 months ago, tuned it two months later. No undercover, for reasons too complicated to explain. Story: Called for 6 month tuning, she said it "sounded okay" and she'd like to wait 'til it's been a year (We've heard THAT before, haven't we?). Tuned the piano this morning (12 months). The center notes were about 3 to 7 cents sharp (the remains of Hurricane What'sitsname just dumped two days of rain on us), the bass was ON, the treble was CLOSE, the high treble was ON. I did very little actual pin turning to tune that piano. Result: She said: "Isn't that great. I can just tune it once a year!" Hmmm .... happy customer, annual tuning fees cut in half for her—and for me, dang it. I've got her half talked into a full reg/voicing job which the piano desperately needs, so that'll help make up for it. Moral: Once again, I have seen and heard results that make me a staunch, avid, perhaps rabid believer in DC systems. As long as they are kept plugged in and maintained (a big IF in many cases...) they really, really work. Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri ----- Original Message ----- From: Piano Forte Supply To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: 07/13/2005 4:59:41 PM Subject: room climate control I have a client with a 7' Kawai grand in a basement studio. The Relative Humidity is always on the high side (60%). I urged him to monitor the humidity with an electronic hygrometer and to get a dehumidifier. He did this, however the controller on the dehumidifier in very inaccurate. With the controller set at 40%, it cut out when the humidity is still above 60%. The manufacturer told him they are all not precise. He has searched for higher end units, but even the manufacturers of these do not guarantee the precision of their controllers. I would prefer to control the environment in the studio because it "should" be a straight forward thing to do. I feel a Piano Life Saver System will simply always be fighting the higher humidity in the room. I have thought of using a Piano Life Saver humidistat to control a simple room de-humidifier. Would this work? Would he need a relay between the humidistat and the de-humidifier? Any thoughts, and especially experiences, welcome. Jurgen Goering www.pianofortesupply.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3a/7a/88/43/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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