room climate control

[David Skolnik]

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Jurgen -

I can't give you specific recommendations (research required), but I would 
not be so quick to drop the idea of a room humidifier, especially in a 
basement space.  Most of the time, unless the basement is naturally dry, 
some type of dehumidifying process is necessary, even apart from the 
presence of a piano.  I'm sure there are varying quality units, as well as 
perfectly reliable humidistats that can be optained.  It may well be that 
you would have to rewire a unit to bypass the built-in sensor if you want 
to run it through a better grade humidity-sensing switch, but I wonder why 
you couldn't just use a standard (quality) appliance and adjust the setting 
based on whatever hygrometer is being used (also, hopefully of some 
quality), ignoring the nominal setting on the appliance entirely.  Am I 
missing something?

David Skolnik



At 03:01 PM 7/13/2005 -0700, you wrote:

>I have a client with a 7' Kawai grand in a basement studio.  The Relative 
>Humidity  is always on the high side (60%).  I urged him to monitor the 
>humidity with an electronic hygrometer and to get a dehumidifier.
>
>He did this, however the controller on the dehumidifier in very 
>inaccurate.  With the controller set at 40%, it cut out when the humidity 
>is still above 60%.  The manufacturer told him they are all not 
>precise.  He has searched for higher end units, but even the manufacturers 
>of these do not guarantee the precision of their controllers.
>
>I would prefer to control the environment in the studio because it 
>"should" be a straight forward thing to do.  I feel a Piano Life Saver 
>System will simply always be fighting the higher humidity in the room.
>
>I have thought of using a Piano Life Saver humidistat to control a simple 
>room de-humidifier.  Would this work?  Would he need a relay  between the 
>humidistat and the de-humidifier?
>
>Any thoughts, and especially experiences, welcome.
>
>Jurgen Goering
><http://www.pianofortesupply.com>www.pianofortesupply.com

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