> THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment John Ross wrote: > I personally think that the container of water, in the bottom of the > piano, during the heating season, does help maintain a higher level of > humidity in the piano cavity. It shouldn't be allowed to run dry though. People who are told that a jar of water helps, are the hardest customers to convince about Dampp-Chaser. They'll never be convinced that the difference in cost of the two systems (nothing vs a few hundred bucks) can be justified. The water jar may take out the lowest dips in RH but it does little in the way of real protection or even more so, stability. In summer here (we have a dry one), pianos with D/C systems will go through a gallon of water every week to 10 days, there's no way a jar of water in the bottom of the piano can provide that sort of quantity of water vapor! Also, I've virtually never seen a jar with anything in it, customers can never be relied on to fill often enough. > I don't consider it an old wife's tale, which is something which has no > merit, and is folklore. True, but I still think it's dangerous to let people think that it's enough... Just a couple of thoughts Cheers Mark Bolsius Bolsius Piano Services Canberra Australia ---------- ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/22/f9/b8/84/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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