Hi Terry, You miss understood. The piano has a full DC system...AND a separate thermostically controlled heating system. The 2 are totally independant of one another. At 10:46 PM 05/11/2000 -0400, you wrote: >I think you may be asking for trouble having a DC system (dehumidification I >presume) regulated by a thermostat. That will indeed heat the inside of the >piano, but it will do this in the winter (I assume you are in a cold >climate) when relative humidity (RH) is low and it will lower the RH inside >the piano even more, possibly causing damage. > >My information is that it is more important to regulate humidity than >temperature (although the post below makes a good point about tuning >stability). Install a good DC system with appropriate capacity and consider >it done. Good luck! > >Terry Farrell >Piano Tuning & Service >Tampa, Florida >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:45 PM >Subject: Re: Heat for the piano > > >> Hi, >> >> I have experimented in country churches using a dampchaser system in >> conjunction with a thermostate. I used light bulbs in series with y >> connectors so that they would not likely ever burn out. It works well. >> >> At 08:15 PM 05/11/2000 EDT, you wrote: >> > >> ><< a building that >> >will be unheated during the week, and they want to be sure that their >> >Yamaha P22 isn't damaged by the cold. 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://donrose.htmlplanet.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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