DamppChaser confession

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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oops my spell checker stopped working You have me sadly hanging my head
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
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  From: jason kanter=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:51 AM
  Subject: Re: DamppChaser confession


  What's YHMSHHS? you have ... what?
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    From: Joe And Penny Goss=20
    To: Pianotech=20
    Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 8:41 AM
    Subject: Re: DamppChaser confession


    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
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      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.

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      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]
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