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[Don]

Hi Barbara,

DC systems without bottom covers always struggle.

If the lid is fully closed then the string cover may be redundant as far as
humidity control goes. When a piano is used for performance then some
performers may prefer it to be removed totally from the instrument. Bottom
covers work--and so do string covers. String covers may be a fairly pricy
item compared to bottom covers.

If I were doing a 7 or 9 foot and price were no object I'd have a dual tank
DC system with bottom cover, string cover and a floor length padded cover.
If price is more important than performance I'd first eliminate the 2nd
tank, and then the string cover and finally the padded cover. I will not
install a grand DC system without a bottom cover.

At 04:37 PM 4/27/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey Don,
>
>Hmm, I don't get it.  The string cover only works when the lid is not fully 
>closed?   Wouldn't it be working all the time, too? (Unless if you removed 
>it, that is.)   Except in the case of "breezy" conditions where I understand 
>the DC system would struggle, I would think that the string cover might have 
>an advantage because it covers the air access to the action cavity, too.  I 
>could be mistaken, though.  For my own personal curiosity, I'd like someone 
>to do a side by side study.  :-)
>
>Maybe I'll check with a couple of my customers who had undercovers installed 
>a while after the DC system and see what the difference in filling the tank 
>turned out to be.  But surely someone has figures on that (probably DC).
>
>Barbara Richmond,
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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