[CAUT] large and rapid humidity changes!

[rwest1 at unl.edu]

The room Paul is talking about has had problems for years.  The  
building simply needs a new HVAC system, but it's not high on the  
university priority list.  The room in question has gotten worse in  
recent years. The complaints would go in and the facilities people  
would come over right away.  They were cooperative, but the problem  
was bigger than a quick fix.  The problem would be okay for awhile,  
but inevitably return.  I took pictures to prove how bad it got.   
These were taken in May, just before I retired.  It was so damp it  
was foggy and water was dripping from the ceiling.  Not good for the  
pianos or for the electrical stuff either.

Richard West

On Nov 27, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Paul T Williams wrote:

>
> Hi list,
>
> We have a classroom/recital hall with a huge humidity problem.  Has  
> anyone else had this problem:
>
> The room seats about 200 and has a Steinway D from the late 70's  
> and a harpsichord.  The room can change by 30-40% or more in a  
> day!  Over the T-Day  weekend I put in one of those small  
> humidistat from Pianotek and it showed a range of 24-80%!!!  Not  
> only are my tunings worthless for recitals if I tune in the morning  
> and the concert is in the evening (as some days, that is the only  
> time the room is available),  but it has got to be wrecking havock  
> on the instruments. It doesn't have a piano life saver system in  
> it, and I wonder how much it would help with such wild swings.  I  
> and all the faculty have complained about it (apparantly for years  
> prior to my getting here this year) and nothing gets done.
>
> Can I do more that just cover them and go ahead and put a DC system  
> on it?  They do have thick blanket style covers on them.
>
> Sweating to the oldies in Lincoln....
>
> Paul

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