<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>Hi, Barbara, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My experience with buckets tight up to the soundboard is that the board=  discolors, mold develops, and condensation causes hardwood floors to b= etray water overhead.....Don't ask me how I know...but shortly after that na= sty experience several years ago Damppchaser extended the hanger length cons= iderably.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A cover under the piano will certainly affect the reflection of sound..= .but there are probably folks on the list who could tell you how much, in th= eir own experience....I'm interested too!   </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just to go with my "cart" idea again....the cart can be kept under= the piano on stage, and removed just for performances, of course....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>OR....the piano can be equipped with heater bars and humidistat, and th= e cart only with humidifiers, and used as much as possible.   </DI= V> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bill Shull</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/13/2005 1:20:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time, piano57@= insightbb.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks, Bill.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hmm....my goal was a system that could alwa= ys be plugged in (there are a lot of outlets on that black stage floor), to = avoid the syndrome of nice-atmosphere-while-in-storage and then all hec= k breaks out when it's moved on stage.  You know what I mean?= </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN= -LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>F= rom:</B> <A title=mailto:Bdshull@aol.com href="mailto:Bdshull@aol.com">B= dshull@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:caut@ptg.org hr= ef="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:0= 9 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] DC system on stag= e</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In a message dated 9/13/2005 12:59:21 PM Pa= cific Daylight Time, </FONT><A title=mailto:piano57@insightbb.com href="= mailto:piano57@insightbb.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>piano57@insightbb.= com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> writes:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone have a picture of, or could dir= ect me to a picture of a Steinway D with a full DC system with undercover--p= referably on a stage?   I have submitted a proposal for the DC sys= tem, but a friend pointed out to me, that sometimes, because the humidifier = buckets hang down a bit, the piano looks.........pregnant.   I dou= bt my technical director would be happy with such a look and would like= him to see it before hand.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks much.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQU= OTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara, If you could forego the undercover= , you could modify the Jahn stands which Dampp-chaser is experimenting with.=   They are single system carts with a leg on each corner, and need to b= e combined into a dual system stand which straddles the truck;   I= did this during the summer, and will be sending Roger Wheelock the modifica= tion drawings when I "get it together."   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill Shull</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCK= QUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>