Might not be very effective on keysticks - and certainly not effective at all on a vertical music rack. But if the piano is moldy there, the rest of the piano is most likely experiencing high humidity also - so a DC would likely be of good benefit. But one doesn't really need to look that deeply at the situation: Houston + AC on twice a week = DC needed. If the hammer felts are falling off the cores, the cause is most likely poor glue-up exasperated by high humidity. I've seen this happen on many Baldwins. Terry Farrell On Jun 15, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Greg Newell wrote: > Les, > I doubt seriously that the units would kill off mold > but they would go quite a ways to preventing it in the first place. > They will likely need to clean the mold first, by hand, and then > install the D\C units to prevent regrowth. YMMV > > Greg Newell > Greg's Piano Forté > www.gregspianoforte.com > 216-226-3791 (office) > 216-470-8634 (mobile) > > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf Of Leslie Bartlett > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:16 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] mold > > Will installation of a Dampp Chaser kill off mold in a piano- > Baldwin Hamilton? I looked at one piano, on way to tune another. > This church has 20, and they are considering DC’s for all of them- > but presently there is mold on the keysticks, and a bit on the music > rack. Does anyone know what kind of legal issues come into play > here, a church where LOTS of people are in and out? > > In a church setting- room AC on two times a week (Houston), would > that cause the hammer felts to come unglued from the moldings? > Thanks > Les bartlett > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100617/7510ee95/attachment.htm>
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