Dopey to dope?

[Andrew & Rebeca Anderson]

         Dittos on a DamppChaser system.  The long term benefits far 
outweigh the up-front cost.  Maintaining a stable environment in the piano 
makes a significant difference (ie obvious to the technician on followup 
appointments).  Elimination of the annual humidity cycle adds years, 
probably decades to the life of the pinblock and soundboard, even in a 
grand.  The humidity/dehumidification cycles all through the piano (closing 
the lid helps) ;-).
         I installed this system on a Steinway in Aspen CO after having to 
do a significant pitch raise and being unsatisfied with pin torque.  The 
followup tuning in two weeks later was like working with the ideal piano 
(no more action dragging on its neighbors either).  It sure beats 
re-pinning and installing new action pieces to match a seasonal fluctuation 
that will only redevelop.  In alpine Colorado relative humidity can 
fluctuate from the fifties to the low single digits.  Oh, btw, your tunings 
will last much longer too, which might be a good thing depending on how 
your schedule looks.
         Loose tuning pins can develop from furniture polish (oil) 
sometimes utilized by unwitting housekeepers on the innards of a 
piano.  The only solution I'm aware of there is to re-bore and size up the 
pins.  Hope it isn't this.

Best of luck,
Andrew
At 03:08 PM 10/31/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi Clyde,
>
>DamppChasers are *never* a bad idea. And never risky. And always save the
>client money in the long run. Sounds like win win and win to me.
>
>
>At 02:34 PM 10/31/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >     What do you do then?    Otherwise, that's a pretty risky place to
> >start, don't you think? Regards, Clyde David Love wrote:   Stabilize the
> >environment with a DC system, if not already.
> >
>
>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
>
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