Jar of Water in Piano--Truth or myth?

[Terry]

What is all this talk of putting cans of water in a piano? That's just like
putting a heating rod in there with no humidistat (only opposite). Just not
a good idea at all. Humidify and/or dehumidify the piano or the whole room
with proper equipment and some type of appropriate humidistat controller.
Damp-Chaser makes some good equipment.

Geesh. I though we had come that far in this industry.

Can these practices actually work? I suppose they can to some extent - but
you've got no control. And if it is too humid in the room a nice roaring
fire next to the piano will dry it out quite nice!

Terry Farrell


> 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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