They do indeed provide a certain degree of humidity. They are totally reliant on the user actually <<charging>> them as needed, which in some climates can be a bit more often then every 10 days. Personally, I like the idea of a 100 gallon aquarium in the same room better Cheers RicB >> >>>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 >>> >>>
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