DC Query/a possible solution

[PAT A RALPH]

Bob, somebody else wrote it, not KENNETH.GERLER@prodigy.net

Ken Gerler

----- Original Message -----
From: <RptBob1@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: DC Query/a possible solution


> In a message dated 3/6/00 12:53:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> KENNETH.GERLER@prodigy.net writes:
>
> << particular
>  > level tho as the hygrometers just show the present, high, and low
levels
>  > each time I check them.
>  >
>  > The guy who runs the import of these in Norway suggests that I cover
the
>  > bottom of the grand with a thin plastic film, enclosing thus the whole
>  > system and underside of the gr >>
> Richard:
>
> I have installed sheets of mylar (available from Damppchaser) under
several
> Grands to ward off heavy air movement towards a cold-air return next to
these
> pianos.  The installation does not cover 100% of the bottom of the Grand
> since there has to be room around the De-humidifier for it to work
properly.
> This is, therefore, not an "airtight" installation and the piano area
under
> the soundboard does not suffer from excessive moisture buildup.  I have
> noticed no adverse effects from this installation technique and it
> immediately brought me the results I was shooting for: the system was now
> working very well without interference from air blowing across the piano
> bottom. Incidentally, I used large headed tacks (like the ones furnished
by
> DC for new installations).  There is the inconvenience of having to remove
> the mylar each time you clean the Humidifier tank.
>
> Bob Bergantino,RPT
> Willoughby Hills, Ohio