[pianotech] How Dry I Am!

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Fri Jan 9 09:46:02 PST 2009


John Musselwhite wrote:
> Hi Folks...
> 
> The scene of the "crime" is a large Grand Old Hotel here in Calgary. The 
> victims are two older Yamaha GH1B and a Maeari grand. The weapon is 
> humidity... or rather, the lack of it in our winters. See attached photo 
> of a Cooper SRH Digital Psychrometer reading in one of the GH1Bs. 
> Recommendations for installing Piano Life Savers go unheeded due to 
> budgetary and maintenance constraints.
> 
> Has anyone else ever see readings this low? Are they even possible? The 
> psychrometer is functioning properly with a new battery and gives 
> "normal" readings everywhere else.
> 
>                  John
> 

Congrats, you hit the peg!!  I've only seen 8% on a meter which says it 
reads down to 10%.

Your prize is alligator akin...

-- 
Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician
Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
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