Cold and dry

[David Love]

The problem won't be keeping the moisture down but up.  During the winter
where it's cold it will be too dry.  Assuming power and that the cabin will
be kept above freezing, the capacity of the tank will not be adequate to
keep the piano humidified for several months.  I suppose the question is
whether you can install a larger tank.  You might look into fashioning a
larger one out of something which you can temporarily slide underneath the
piano.  You will need to modify the tube which feeds the wicks by
lengthening it so it extends down into the larger tank.  I'd probably talk
to the DC company and see what they say.  

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net
www.davidlovepianos.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of John Ross
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 6:09 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Cold and dry

 

I run across old pianos, in unheated country churches, they seem to hold
their tune reasonably well.

They do have the rust problem though, but who knows how long ago it
happened.

I think a heater bar, just to keep the moisture down would be adequate, if
the rust problem isn't there yet. If it is already rusty, I wouldn't bother,
with anything.

That is, if it is just a mediocre piano anyway.

I would watch which mothballs, I used, as it seems to me the fumes of some
are corrosive.

John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca

 

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