damaged piano -- vents

[Jeff Tanner]

This building was being planned for over 20 years.  Humidity control was
probably 2nd only to space on the priority list of the faculty who'd been
involved in the planning.  I learned that when the building was beginning
to become reality, one stroke of a bean counter's pen got rid of humidity
control without the building committee even knowing it until it was too
late in the process to even debate it, much less get it added back.

Oh, space was trimmed significantly, too.

Shame too.  Humidity numbers I get are no different from the numbers I've
seen from the century old building they were in before.  About the only
advantage climate wise is that pianos aren't sitting next to radiators.
But it may be even worse, in that there was no air handling system
constantly exchanging outside air in the old building.

Now, we're having a "feasibility study" for a mid-size concert hall (which
was to be the 2nd phase of this building).  I told my dean if they aren't
going to include humidity control this time, they may as well just build an
ampitheater, and get one of those metal storage sheds from Lowe's to keep
the pianos in.

Then again, I'd better hush.  They might just take that seriously.

Jeff

>
>Jeff,
>You mean that humidity control was actually considered at all, however
>briefly, during the "wish and trim" planning stage? Incredible! Just
>getting the difference between temperature and humidity across to the
>planners of such things is far beyond the powers of most mortals. Could be
>an all time first.
>
>Ron N