<HTML>I got some wonderful news yesterday. I attended a meet= ing where the university brought in some high tech HVAC system people. The m= usic department building, (Moody Music Hall), is having the entire HVAC syst= em overhauled. The main building maitanance chairman, and the assistant dean= for the College of Arts & Scinces were in attendace, so I know they did= n't bring in some local guy to fix a small repair. The mian technician for the company asked the chair and me what was needed. = The main problem is our concert hall. It is not unusual for the temperature = to be down in the 60 during the day. When there are just a few people in the= re, (less than 100 in a 900 seat hall), it's very uncomfortable to sit throu= gh a concert. You can imagine what it is doing to the pianos. The other main= problem is the practice rooms and the class rooms. The controls are broken,= and the temperature in some practice rooms are actually in the low 60's dur= ing the summer. And this past winter, every piano in the building went out o= f tune, some going down as much as 45 cents, because of a lack of humidity. = What is so great is that this guy asked us what the ideal situation is? We r= esponded that the temperature needs to be at 72 degrees and the humidity at = 50%. But, we told him, what is more important is that it remains constant. H= e asked how much variance would be acceptable. I answered, not more than 2 d= egrees in temperature and no more than 5% humidity. He asked if that was 5% = up and 5% down, or 5% over all. I said 5% over all. He said he couldn't guar= antee it, but they will try to do that. They are going to be here for 4 - 6 weeks. I'll let you guys know how it wor= ked out. Wim </HTML>