<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Ah, the plot thickens!  Thanks, Bill.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond</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>From:</B> <A title=Bdshull@aol.com = href="mailto:Bdshull@aol.com">Bdshull@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 13, = 2005 4:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] DC system = on stage</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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 betray water overhead.....Don't ask me how I know...but shortly = after that nasty experience several years ago Damppchaser extended the hanger = length considerably.  </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 their 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 the cart only with humidifiers, and used as much as possible.   = </DIV> <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 always 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 heck 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>From:</B> <A title=mailto:Bdshull@aol.com href="mailto:Bdshull@aol.com">Bdshull@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=mailto:caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September = 13, 2005 3:09 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] DC = system on stage</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 Pacific 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 direct me to a picture of a Steinway D with a full DC system = with undercover--preferably on a stage?   I have submitted = a proposal for the DC system, but a friend pointed out to me, that = sometimes, because the humidifier buckets hang down a bit, the = piano looks.........pregnant.   I doubt 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></BLOCKQUOTE></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 be combined into a dual system stand which straddles the truck;   I did this during the summer, and will be = sending Roger Wheelock the modification 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></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>