Sounds like the "dampits" my string playing college roommates had to keep their cello & violin from disintigrating in the winter. Of course, those instruments were kept in cases, too. Barbara Richmond from disintrigating. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> To: <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 12:14 PM Subject: [CAUT] Re: humidifying tube > Hi Jon, > > Effective where you live perhaps--but not where I live. > > At 03:50 PM 2/27/02 -0500, you wrote: >>At 03:21 PM 2/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>>Dear Friends, >>>Recently I have seen, in an institutional and in a private piano, a >>>device which was new to me. It is a plastic tube, white, about 3' long, >>>small long slits in the side, yellow end caps, filled with >>>I-don't-know-what absorbent material. The piano owners tell me that they >>>soak the tube in the bathtub till it is heavy, wipe off the outside, and >>>put it in the piano on the plate; they believe this provides needed >>>"humidity" for the piano. When the tube feels light (about one week) >>>they repeat the process. >>>Has any of you ever heard of this approach? Does it help the piano? harm >>>it? have no effect? I was a little alarmed when one customer said she >>>didn't remember the name of the person she bought it from but he also >>>sold clarinets. >>>Thanks for any input. >>>Dorrie Bell >> >>These work. I've have used one in an upright and it kept the pin block >>tight through the winter months. >> >>Not as hi-tek and DC but better than a mayonnaise jar but effective none >>the less. >> >>Regards, >> >>Jon Page, piano technician >>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. >>mailto:jonpage@attbi.com >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> >> > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > > mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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