Dean, After three months my customer's piano and a good inch of white salty crud above the pad. It may depend on the system and on the kind of mineralization in the water. Andrew At 03:26 PM 12/4/2005, you wrote: >I've had really good success with recommending soft water for DChaser >systems. The combination of soft water and treatment leaves pads soft >even after a year. I've seen no adverse effects from such a combination. > > >How is it hard on the pianos? > >Dean >Dean May cell 812.239.3359 >PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 >Terre Haute IN 47802 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On >Behalf Of Don >Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 2:22 PM >To: Pianotech >Subject: RE: Dampp Chaser question > >Hi Mark, > >Water softners work by replacing calcium ions with sodium ions (salt). >This >is very hard on DC systems and on pianos in general--the clients should >not >use softened water in their units. > >At 02:00 PM 12/4/2005 -0500, you wrote: > > I use the humidifier treatment only occasionally on my own >piano at > >home where the water has a fairly high mineral content. I get very >little > >buildup on the heater bars and the pads seem to last forever. OTOH, I >have > >had customers with water softening systems where the pads were shot >after 4 > >months and the crud had to be scraped off with a knife. - Mark >Dierauf > >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > >mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > >3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 >306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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