Ahhhhhh, interesting. Kinda cool, I like going to extremes. As long as you have gone that far, I can think of three important considerations: 1) put a good cover over the whole piano while it sits in the cold during the week (insulated preferably - this will decrease temp. swings and tend to stabilize actual humidity); 2) make sure the humidification and dehumidification portions of the DC system are sized adequately (by heating and kinda sealing the micro-environment of the piano you may be experiencing both humidity extremes (hi and low) and need more than normal capacity); 3) monitor the piano environment to evaluate whether the whole system is working properly. As much as I like to mess with these things (I have a DC humidistat controlling the condensing-type dehumidifier in my shop, etc.) I think you may be better off without the additional heat. Just have the DC system and a cover for the piano. Let us know what you do and how it works. Good luck. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 11:07 PM Subject: Re: Heat for the piano > Hi Terry, > > You miss understood. The piano has a full DC system...AND a separate > thermostically controlled heating system. The 2 are totally independant of > one another. > > > At 10:46 PM 05/11/2000 -0400, you wrote: > >I think you may be asking for trouble having a DC system (dehumidification I > >presume) regulated by a thermostat. That will indeed heat the inside of the > >piano, but it will do this in the winter (I assume you are in a cold > >climate) when relative humidity (RH) is low and it will lower the RH inside > >the piano even more, possibly causing damage. > > > >My information is that it is more important to regulate humidity than > >temperature (although the post below makes a good point about tuning > >stability). Install a good DC system with appropriate capacity and consider > >it done. Good luck! > > > >Terry Farrell > >Piano Tuning & Service > >Tampa, Florida > >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com> > >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > >Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:45 PM > >Subject: Re: Heat for the piano > > > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have experimented in country churches using a dampchaser system in > >> conjunction with a thermostate. I used light bulbs in series with y > >> connectors so that they would not likely ever burn out. It works well. > >> > >> At 08:15 PM 05/11/2000 EDT, you wrote: > >> > > >> ><< a building that > >> >will be unheated during the week, and they want to be sure that their > >> >Yamaha P22 isn't damaged by the cold. > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > > Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts > > drose@dlcwest.com > http://donrose.htmlplanet.com/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > >
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