Jar of Water in Piano--Truth or myth?

[Michael Gamble]

Hello List and Joe Goss
True. It does work in uprights. I know 'cos I've done it. It is a long-term 
thing though and the client has to participate and keep the container topped 
up. Jars? No! Use a planter or something large to give a large surface area. 
Pedal trap-work in the way? No! Bridge it with a simple wood structure. 
Where there's a will  ....(there's a relative)
Regards
Michael G.(UK)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: Jar of Water in Piano--Truth or myth?


> Vinney,
> It will not do any direct harm, but then the harm that it will do is to 
> give
> the coustomer a false sense of their doing something that will resolve the
> problem.
> There is not enough room in the bottom of an upright to add enough jars,
> evaporating water off their surface, to match the volume of a DC
> Joe Goss RPT
> Mother Goose Tools
> imatunr@srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vinny Samarco" <vinsam@sympatico.ca>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 10:46 PM
> Subject: Jar of Water in Piano--Truth or myth?
>
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> The area of the country I work in is very dry.  Though we talk to many
>> people about humidity control, most are not interested in what I have to
>> say.
>> I recently tuned for a customer who had a very old, but recently rebuilt
>> upright.
>> The tuner who did the work is one of the best  that I know of.
> Supposedly,
>> he told this lady to put a jar of water in her piano.
>> Now tell me, Will that do any good at all, or do you need some form of
>> distilled water or evaporation in the air to make any difference?
>> Vinny
>>
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