Quoting Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>: > Hi list, > > We have a classroom/recital hall with a huge humidity problem. Has > anyone > else had this problem: > > The room seats about 200 and has a Steinway D from the late 70's and > a > harpsichord. The room can change by 30-40% or more in a day! Over > the > T-Day weekend I put in one of those small humidistat from Pianotek > and it > showed a range of 24-80%!!! Not only are my tunings worthless for > recitals if I tune in the morning and the concert is in the evening > (as > some days, that is the only time the room is available), but it has > got > to be wrecking havock on the instruments. It doesn't have a piano > life > saver system in it, and I wonder how much it would help with such > wild > swings. I and all the faculty have complained about it (apparantly > for > years prior to my getting here this year) and nothing gets done. > > Can I do more that just cover them and go ahead and put a DC system > on it? > They do have thick blanket style covers on them. > > Sweating to the oldies in Lincoln.... > > Paul For one, can you try to get the hall just prior to the concerts? If other faculty are complaining, this should be made a priority. Willem Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician School of Music University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL USA
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