And your point is? Terry Farrell On Sep 1, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Michael Magness wrote: > Hi Dean, Ron & Terry, > > I've been following this discussion when I've looked in on the list > but I've had no time to do no more than take a quick look. I had 2 > grand actions I was replacing hammers, > shanks & flanges on for a high school and middle school to have > finished, regulated & for the opening day of school today. Mission > accomplished used the new carbon fiber > shanks and flanges on both, 30 YO Yamah C5 and a 1924 Packard. > > I live in the SW Wisconsin 12 miles from the Mississippi, the > LaCrosse river runs about a 1/2 mile from my home and the Black > river is about 5 miles away. I do a lot of work in > Tomah/Warrens area which is the Cranberry Capital of Wisconsin. I > have postd before about the high school in Tomah, they drained a > swamp to obtain the land to build it on. > I will begin by saying I agree with everything Ron has said to this > point. My son works in the HVAC field so what I hadn't gleaned after > 30 years in the business he's filled in over the last 11. > > Large commercial buildings, like the high school I mentioned above > and the Radisson hotel in downtown LaCrosse, WI with a swimming pool > indoors do not use a conventional type AC > with freon/ condensor etc. The systems they use are called chilled > water systems, which (simplifying for the sake of brevity)pump cold > water from deep in the earth up through pipes which > run the water through a radiator type manifold through which a fan > blows air, cooling it. The result is cool, humid air which feels > colder than regular A/C and of course is harder on our pianos > and their tuning. The Radisson, for example is built of reinforced > concrete with the aforementioned indoor pool it is 2 blocks from the > Mississippi and uses one of these chilled water systems. > The Kawai GE-1 grand has a Dampp-Chaser system in it and had a full > cover until they washed it, they won't buy a new one, the manager > thinks it looks prettier without it!! > They purchased a UST-7 at the same time they bought the grand but > due to the conditions in the building had to replace it with a UST-8 > about 9 years ago. > Tomah high school just bought new P-22's, the new P-22's they bought > in '86 are worn out, partly due to building conditions, partly to > high usage.
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