This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Michael Gamble wrote; "We do not have the dry climatic problems and water is a lot cheaper = than a Dampp-Chaser system. In the UK this system is horrendously = expensive" Yes, indeed, about a third of the price of a brand new Chinese upright = piano or even the same price as a decent desktop computer. (Where's the = value?) Don't forget also that the replacement pads ain't cheap either. Most of the pianos in this country are over 80 years old and have = acclimatized to a RH of 65%. Ideally, the installation of a climate = control system should maintain that 65% to avoid any damage. The Dampp = Chaser literature that I have does not state whether you can set it to = maintain existing conditions, and am therefore very reluctant to = recommend the system for old instruments; new ones, fine. AF ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e5/8a/c5/5d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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