DC Study - was Another heater bar without a control...

G GRAVINA ggravina@ix.netcom.com
Tue, 30 Jul 2002 06:45:09 -0400


Matt W wrote:

>I would be willing to participate in data collection with you 
>Jerry.  Although I sound pretty biased against this hardware,  I can be at 
>once skeptical and at the same time open-minded.  In my opinion, any study 
>should involve at least one pair of pianos - one for the hardware and an 
>"untreated" piano as a control.  The pianos should also be left untouched, 
>so as to avoid any data contamination through tampering.  Unfortunately, I 
>don't know of anywhere where this condition exists, except maybe for a 
>store with a storage facility, which might involve rental and storage fees.
>
>Gotta keep it interesting
>
>Matt

Folks,

If one were to set up such a study, what other parameters, controls, 
frequency of data collection, length of study, etc., should be considered?

Jerry Gravina, RPT
Babylon, NY 



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