Dampp Chaser Problem???????

[Cliff Lesher]

Yes.  One of our chapter members was involved in an interesting  
lawsuit having to do with this very situation.  The lesson learned  
for us was to emphasize the bold-print guidance in the Dampp-Chaser  
literature, for the customer to use only the Dampp-Chaser humidifier  
sauce.  I believe this section of the literature is now bolded as a  
result of this case.

The customer got replacement liquid locally.  I believe the product  
was "Humidiclean."  Sounds about right, doesn't it?  The product  
contained muriatic acid.  The piano was severely affected.  All of  
the strings turned black as I recall.  Every metal thing was "touched."

Sell the sauce clause.

Cliff Lesher
Winfield, PA
______________________________________
On Oct 14, 2008, at 1:04 AM, John Radley wrote:

> I saw a similar situation in a church piano.  After investigating,  
> I discovered the custodian was "saving money" by using hardware  
> store-type dehumidifier additive (the kind that Dampp-Chaser warns  
> about - evidently containing some sort of acid).  The pins and  
> strings were rusty, and the Dampp-Chaser itself was so rusty that  
> when I inspected it, the metal parts just crumbled.   This was a  
> very old unit (the kind with the one orange light), but I'm sure  
> the same could happen on a newer unit as well.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081014/11a5951b/attachment.html