[CAUT] Building humidity now, GREAT!

[Paul T Williams]

That's the weird thing, Ed,

This old building has been my ( and Richard West's) nemesis for many 
years.  Our fall has been up and down in humidity and temp swings as well, 
even over these past 3 or 4 weeks....outside-wise.  I've seen many 
Facilities personnel working like bees in the last couple weeks, so maybe 
the Dean had something to say about it....FINALLY. (He's a pianist!) It 
only took Richard's whining for 30 years and my measly 4 years to get 
something done, but there is a benefit for constant whining, I guess. Keep 
it going, folks! maybe it might take you a quaint 20 years or so. Thanks, 
Richard!!

I hope it sticks!!...Yes again and I check; 41%.  Yaya~!  Now, of course, 
I'll need to run around the building and see how even it is!! :>)Christmas 
break is for tuning after all!!!

Paul




From:
Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com>
To:
caut at ptg.org
Date:
12/11/2010 06:01 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] Building humidity now, GREAT!



 Paul writes:
      >>Don't know what happened, but facilitiesmanagement on UNL has 
our building reallly nice. 40% humidity solid forthe past 3 weeks!! How 
they did it is beyond me, but it's there and I'mliking it!  I hope it 
holds!

 Greetings,
         Everything will be fine for a couple of weeks, then we have two 
days of 78 degree rooms, followed by a day of 60 degrees, then back 
hovering around 70.  Every time the weather begins changing, the system 
needs a couple of days to react.  Knocks the hell out of practice 
rooms.  Stage pianos are tuned often enough, (several times a week) 
that they ride through the changes with a few cents swing up and down.( 
I do NOT change a concert piano's pitch 2 cents to match 440 if it is 
intact  where it is.) I am trying to get a semester's worth out of each 
tuning in the teacher's studios, but that only happens when nothing 
else goes wrong.  Which is rarely.
        In an ideal world, the budget  would be as elastic as the 
temperature, and I am just wondering what the real world does.  What 
have other CAUTs said to the administration inre costs of tuning going 
up with HVAC problems.
Regards,
Ed




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