Greetings, Don, The portion of the blue pads that comes in contact with the humidifier heating bar tends, in my experience, to dry out or cake up with salt from softened water, or perhaps from water with a high mineral content. I encourage my humidifier customers to rotate the pads periodically so a fresh, wet portion is touching the heating bar. Too often I've seen humidifier pads caked up not only at the top, but part way down the pads, even if there is water in the reservoir. IMHO, these are not only ineffective, but can cause the piano to become overly dry if the humidifier heating bar is still warm. Using distilled water and Dampp-Chaser® Humidifier Treatment seems to help a lot. Feel free to check with Bob Mair and the gang at Dampp-Chaser, 1-800-438-1524, but I believe that's why they developed the Smart Heater Bar for the humidifier, which turns itself off and turns on a red light if the pads are not wet and functioning. Best regards, Dan Eumurian, RPT 1634 Barlow St. (Slushy) La Crosse, WI 54601 (608) 78-TUNER [788-8637] Don wrote: > > Hi Dan, > > What do you mean shift the pads about an inch??? > > At 10:14 AM 1/21/99 -0600, you wrote: > > >tuning customers. Coaching them to use Dampp-Chaser's Humidifier > >Treatment and to shift the pads about an inch each month or as needed, > >checking on them each fall, > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > > Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts > > drose@dlcwest.com > http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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