This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Jason, YHMSHHS Yes it can be hard to get the customer to maintain the unit. But the = rewards are great when they do esp. in the north west in your area. The reason that I think that my customers sometimes fail to service the = units is that the change is so gradual from sounding great to not so = good when they turn the unit off for some occasion. It is sort of like = the frog story and boiling water. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: jason kanter=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 9:20 AM Subject: DamppChaser confession List, I hereby confess that I have never installed a Dampp-Chaser, never = suggested installing one, never saw one that was working -- though I = have seen several pianos with neglected systems, buckets dried out, = frayed wiring with baked insulation, bent aluminum and pushpins, or = tubes that felt too hot -- and I have in general maintained a distaste = for these additions. Mostly this is ignorance. I was never exposed to this technology in my = apprentice years (early 70s) -- SHeldon Smith never installed one during = my year with him -- and I have also never heard a presentation about = DamppChasers, nor read any of their literature. (Ignorance is when you ignore something. Stupidity is when you are in = a stupor.) I see lots of talk on this list that implies that DamppChasers are = integral to your way of life, most of you. They can also be a profitable = element of the business. Could you tell me about this? And are they high = maintenance? And do they get neglected? Do you have to chide the piano = owner to take better care of the humidifier, for example? And don't the = wires just get in the way? And are they pretty much a given improvement = up here in the Pacific Northwest? Thanks in advance. May the dialog be healthy. || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| jason kanter . piano tuning/regulation/repair bellevue, wa . 425 562 4127 . cell 425 831 1561 orcas island . 360 376 2799 [see historic temperaments at www.rollingball.com] ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/35/17/89/fb/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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