In-floor Radiant Heating

[paul bruesch]

Thanks all, for the responses.  Ron L, I think you may be quite near the
piano in question!  It's in New Richmond, WI, and I only found two Ron
Lindstrom's in all Wisconsin!

Anyhow, the work was about to begin when I got the phone call this a.m.  It
sounded as tho' they'd been fretting about the issue for some time... and
waited until the last 30 minutes to inquire of anyone who MIGHT have a clue.
(It's like the people that pay $200 to move a free (junker) piano before
they ask if it's salvageable.)

I wound up recommending that they not heat under the piano (which is a
console). It is a music studio, and they have placed it for optimal
acoustics, so it will not matter that they are committing to the one
location. If they ever should eventually vacate, the unheated portion of the
floor will not be very large since it's a console.  I also recommended a
Dampp-Chaser, as I usually do for those pianos where stability is a bigger
issue than the typical home. (In a home, I recommend at least a room or
whole-house humidification, which helps the residents' health as much as the
piano's.)

Thanks again,
Paul

On 2/2/07, Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> wrote:
>
>  I would think an area rug under the piano and a DampChaser undercover
> should negate any effects of the heat off the floor. The coils won't be
> making the floor hot, just slightly warm. If they avoid the area under the
> piano, then they are pretty much stuck with that location for the piano.
>
>
>
> *Dean*
>
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Farrell
> *Sent:* Friday, February 02, 2007 12:33 PM
> *To:* Pianotech List
> *Subject:* Re: In-floor Radiant Heating
>
>
>
> I am not an expert with radiant heat. However, the more consistent you can
> keep the environment surrounding the piano, the better. I agree with you
> that it would be better to leave the area of the piano free of the radiant
> heat source.
>
>
>
> I should think that a grand piano without a full DC (with bottom cover)
> installation placed over a radiant heat source would likely have a rather
> short lifespan.
>
>
>
> Terry Farrell
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>
>
>
> I just had a phone call from a music studio that is installing electric
> coil radiant heating in the floor. She wondered about the advisability of
> putting the coils directly under where the piano will be placed.  I'm
> thinking it may be better to avoid it, but I should defer to the greater
> expertise of this list.
>
> For some reason, although this question has been bugging them for some
> time, they only now decided to call me to ask... now that the workers are
> there putting the tiles in the floor... so time is of the essence.
>
> If I don't get a definitive response from the many wiser persons here, I
> think I would advise them to avoid an area for about a one-foot perimeter
> around the piano.
>
> TIA,
> Paul
>
>
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