This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment The last few e-mails have not read To:pianotech like before. What gives? -----Original Message----- From: Lance Lafargue [mailto:lancelafargue@bellsouth.net] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 8:13 PM To: 'Matt McWilliams' Subject: RE: damp chasers Importance: High The 50 watt is hotter, but not double the amount of thermal heat. The rod does get hot and I can see the possibility of (especially if it's installed closer to the wire) that it could change the pitch a bit. I'm not too sure about 4 cents, though. I have e-mailed Dampp-chaser and will pass along any info/data I can get. I think if you have more power it runs less time and holds it at 42% more consistently. Again, the A/C example.... I imagine a 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 BTU air conditioner would possibly frost you beer to your hand for a moment, though. P.S. I always install them as low as possible, clearing the pedal stuff, and toward the front/kickboard. Dampp-chaser has pictures of installations, schematics, etc., none are clipped under the keybed, probably for some good reason (one being that lots of the heat would run out of the crack above the kickboard and under the keybed, rather than disperse throughout the piano more evenly). Again, I pass along any additional info. lance -----Original Message----- From: Matt McWilliams [mailto:matta440@cox.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:43 PM To: Dave Doremus; Nolan Zeringue; Lance Lafargue; Warren Fisher Subject: damp chasers In reference to the 50-watt dampchaser, it is my understanding that it was mounted on the bottom side of the keybed behind the bottom board. I do not think it affected the soundboard that quickly. The tuner thought the strings heated up which caused the pitch drop. Fluctuation in string temperature will change the pitch almost instantaniously. Can the dampchaser cause enough heat to do this? Also, in reference to what Lance said; doesn't a 50-watt dampchaser get hotter than a 25-watt dampchaser? The humidistat would turn on and off more frequently because of more heat and quicker lowering of the humidity. Am I correct? Matt ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/1e/b5/d6/8e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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