This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Julia said: "Greetings,=20 No, I never document the humidity or the temp. I figure it = really=20 will not tell me anything, since lots of churches turn the sanctuary = heat way=20 down all week and only warm it up for Sunday mornings and some on Wed = evenings.=20 When the temp and humidty are fluctuating from week to week in the = winter,=20 how can you have a baseline at all? I am tuning in there in March with a = coat=20 on, only the congregation knows what the piano sounds like on Sunday all = warmed=20 up. As far as residential customers, I have no idea of the range = of =20 warm or cool they like their homes in the passing seasons and some of = the more=20 affluent homes have central air and dehumidifiers built in. What can = recording=20 a temp reading from one day in which you visit there to tune, tell you = about=20 all the other temperatured days in that dwelling? I think,,,,nothing. = Its all=20 so arbitrary.....Am I being too scientific? Also some customers live in = wooded=20 areas on mountaintops and others live in mecadam and concreted city=20 surroundings.=20 I think all temperatute recordings that are eneterd onto a = chart=20 which the customer could record on a weekly basis would really be da = bom...(as=20 the Geiko commercial says), but who would ever be willing to commit do = such a=20 survey? Am I missing something here?....afterall, I do only have a = wopping 21=20 months in this business. Should I record? What would it tell me?" Julia, I notate the temp/humid. on my tuning record(s). I have found it to = invaluable at times. If I think there is a problem, I suggest the client = go to Radio Shack and get one of their gauges. I have one, so I show = them what to look for. This guage keeps the highs and lows in memory and = will definately let you know if there is a problem. I have many clients = that do this. When we, (the client and me), find that the house is = outside reasonable perameters,.....it's damp-chaser time! I've found = that the clients like to be part of the puzzle when there seems to be a = problem.<G> Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/31/9c/ae/d1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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