Strings for tropics

[Farrell]

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Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: Strings for tropics


> Hi Pat and Terry,
>
> Yes I am referring to heat tape. I have one very unstable Yamaha G3 that
> already has a full compliment of drier bars (50 belly, 38 tail, 38 bass
> beam). The swing in pitch is still about 16 cents at A4 on a seasonal
> basis, and of course much more than that in the tenor.  The owner and I
> have decided to try to find a suitable heat tape -- one that is low enough
> wattage per foot to be plugged into the DC controller. I feel the
> controller will prevent the sort of damage you mention. My plan is not to
> put it on the inside of the rim but about 1/2 foot from the rim.
>
> At 05:48 PM 09/11/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >What kind of heat tape are you referring to? The kind you put on a water
> >pipe (up north) to keep it from feezing? Where would you put that? Under
> >soundboard on rim? Never heard of doing such a thing. Might it not fry
the
> >rim/soundboard glue joint?
> >