Hi Dave, Many older techs fear damppchaser systems. Pretty much anywhere in the world your clients will be "money ahead" with installing a DamppChaser humidity control system. It will cost the client a bit more now--but save them hundreds of dollars in tuning fees. Have a look at my web site for the article called "Fine Tuning the Environment for Pianos". Also have a look here: http://www.dampp-chaser.com/ At 08:15 PM 06/07/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Collective Wisdom-- > >Over the past few months I have been working on a friend's smallish >grand, a Baldwin model ST. The thing is in almost perfect physical >shape except for the strings, which were rusted and many broken. >I have two small questions for the group: > >1. When I questioned my mentor, a longtime local piano tech, about >installing >a Dampp-Chaser system, his instant response was "No way; not in this area!" >We are in the San Francisco Bay Area Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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