Fred: I did get on the damp.it web site. It is indeed in Italy, the site is "Under Construction" and they make damping mechanisms for overhead power lines! dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/27/02 at 4:20 PM Fred Sturm wrote: >For anyone interested, there are two brand names: hydroceel and damp-it. >Damp-it is probably domestic, but web-site appears to be www.damp.it >(which places the web-site in Italy, but probably just being cutesy. I >wasn't able to connect). Hydroceel is German, and specifically does >market to pianos. I remember now (this has jogged my memory) >experimenting with one or the other ten or 15 years ago for use in a >harpsichord. Made some clamping devises to hold two or three of them >around the rim, a few inches down. Was not at all impressed with the >results. And then I dismantled one and found slices of cellulose sponge >- could have made them myself for a fraction of the cost. > I do believe there is a much fancier substance used in one of these >brands today - maybe both. And judging by a cursory web-search, many >Europeans seem to swear by hydroceel (it's on the UK piano page, for >instance). >Regards, >Fred Sturm > >Dorothy A. Bell wrote: >> >> Dear Friends, >> Thanks for your input about the Hydrocel tube. It doesn't sound as if I >> was unaware of cutting-edge technology, but I was interested that these >> things do have a history with other instruments. (I personally would >> have no more put such an item into my violin case than I would have >> flown around the room, but I guess some would.) Now I know what I'm up >> against when I see what looks to me like a map case inside a piano and >> can make more appropriate recommendations. >> Thanks again. >> Dorrie Bell _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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