[CAUT] Full Cover w/ DC

[Chris Solliday]

Call Roger Wheelock at Dampp Chaser on this one.
Chris Solliday
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 7:51 AM
Subject: [CAUT] Full Cover w/ DC


> I recently took over the tuning for a church with a 7' Imp. Bosendorfer.
>
> On my first visit the music director asked me to remove the tank.
> I lifted a section of the full-length cover and got under the piano;
> it was quite warm and humid, too much.
>
> This is an old church with wooden floors with the parish hall below.
> The heat radiated up through the floor and was trapped within the
> cover causing the piano to become even warmer. With the humidifier
> running it was like a sauna or greenhouse (to a degree).
>
> Of course, as I was tuning, the piano drifted since it is now being
> acclimated to the room. That was fun.
>
> I recommended that they ditch the full length cover and supplement
> the rods with a string cover. This way the string cover can remain on
> during services and removed for performances if needed. I don't think
> they need the H20 since there's no excessive heat or cold in the winter
> and no one willing to monitor it.
>
> I suggested they place a hygrometer inside to monitor the piano when
> first opened and after service and to ascertain the effect of the full
cover
> and whether they really needed the H20 in the winter.
> They have yet to do that.
>
> The music committee asked the dealer about the full cover and DC
> and the dealer naturally stuck by their sale.  I was asked by the music
> director to give my suggestion at a committee meeting next week.
>
> So my question is, with the heat radiating upwards from the hall below
> is a full cover ideal. I believe a string cover and heat rods are
sufficient.
> I can see where a full-length cover in an auditorium can be useful
> but in this case I think it is detrimental.
>
> They don't really need the bulky, protective cover because there
> is no traffic around the piano.  A lighter cover would do if desired.
> -- 
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page