Damp Chaser

[Don]

Hi Inaki,

Damppchasers can be fairly effective improving pin blocks in uprights.

You may wish to treat the pin block with CA glue first however.

At 12:17 AM 12/19/2003 -0000, you wrote:
>   Today I served a Petrof upright that was located  ina extreme humidity
>changes room. Last time I tune it was 3 years ago. But  today the pinblock
>was in bad condition: several tuning pins was too loose.  Several tuning
>pins has a "scratchy" touch and the string was so noisy at the  agraffe. I
>thought in installing a Damp Chaser for avoid  further damage. Do you think
>the damp chaser will be effective  here? I mean: installing the damp chaser
>now will improve the condition of the  piano? or it will be forever like it
>is now (Until repinning or pinblock change)  but the damage will not be
>greater? This is the first time I deal with dam chaser. I  live in a place
>were I guess is not generally necessary due to little changes in  humidity
>or temperature.   Iñaki Coello Valladolid. Spain.   

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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