That's a cute story. Here's my best D-C story: Horrible stench emanating from studio upright. Investigation reveals mouse who found its way into the reservoir bucket but could not find his way out. If you've never encountered this situation, believe me, you don't want to. These people were self-described "conservationists" which (in their definition) meant they refused to use mouse traps in their home. They asked me (and of course I complied) to devise a "mouse ladder" to put inside the bucket. (This was in the day of the taller reservoir buckets.) Also tried to mouse-proof the piano (using physical impediments) and THAT is no piece of cake. Mice can squeeze their little bodies (I don't think any of their internal organs are anchored) into an opening the size of a dime (that's a full-grown one)! I had to build a "cage" around the pedals, inside. Further tragedy was averted. Joseph On Sep 8, 2012, at 2:12 AM, Susan Kline wrote: > I did find a dampp-chaser system under a Steinway M once, with one of the older humidistats. > > It had two identical drying rods (no bucket). One was plugged into the "dehumidifier" side, and the other was > plugged into the "humidifier" side. Perfect steady-state was achieved. > > But hey! He hadn't needed to buy a cube-tap! > > Susan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120908/541b204e/attachment.htm>
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