[CAUT] A record low... Please don't respond

[Keith Roberts]

I find that low of humidity astounding. My brother complains of cracking
skin in winter. I guess the pianos here have it pretty good.

Keith Roberts

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:38 AM, David Skolnik <davidskolnik at optonline.net>wrote:

> Actually, I'd be happy for any response, but, since I have no idea what
> formatting glitch occurred, I'd prefer, for the archives sake (wherever they
> may be)  if responses did not copy and resend the unedited, flawed original,
> which I've included here, just so you know what I'm talking about.
>
> David Skolnik
> Hastings on Hudson, NY
>
>
>
> At 10:26 PM 12/8/2008, you wrote:
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> Dear List-oires -
> I don't generally take the time to simply "share" some experience,
> unless there's a particular point I'd like to make, or question to
> ask.  This time, it's just sharing.
>
> My current psychromatic tool of choice is an upscale version of the
> one Pianotek shows on page C-1 of their catalog.  It is a Mannix (now
> General) EP8706, which claims to be accurate to +/- 2% as opposed to
> 5%, and which can be re calibrated by the user (me).  I've checked it
> against a more expensive gauge and it seems quite close.  Today, in a
> couple of public school buildings, I got readings as low as 4.5%.  I
> breathed on it to make sure it wasn't broken, or I wasn't
> dead.  Neither was the case.  I know, within the context of the
> recent thread "What to do", Jim Busby said that his collection of
> some 420 instruments is frequently exposed to levels lower than
> 10%.   That seems disturbing enough, but how long would anything
> last, with extended exposure to 5%?
>
> Anyway, I was impressed.
>
> David Skolnik
> Hastings on Hudson, NY
>
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> Dear List-oires -
> I don't generally take the time to simply "share" some experience, unless
> there's a particular point I'd like to make, or question to ask.  This time,
> it's just sharing.
>
> My current psychromatic tool of choice is an upscale version of the one
> Pianotek shows on page C-1 of their catalog.  It is a Mannix (now General)
> EP8706, which claims to be accurate to +/- 2% as opposed to 5%, and which
> can be re calibrated by the user (me).  I've checked it against a more
> expensive gauge and it seems quite close.  Today, in a couple of public
> school buildings, I got readings as low as 4.5%.  I breathed on it to make
> sure it wasn't broken, or I wasn't dead.  Neither was the case.  I know,
> within the context of the recent thread "What to do", Jim Busby said that
> his collection of some 420 instruments is frequently exposed to levels lower
> than 10%.   That seems disturbing enough, but how long would anything last,
> with extended exposure to 5%?
>
> Anyway, I was impressed.
>
> David Skolnik
> Hastings on Hudson, NY
>
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