questions, etc.

[Annie Grieshop]

You're quite right, Ric, and I'm getting a little fed up with my initial
flowerpot, as it's obviously just showing me that the box is much more
airtight than I thought.  Five days now, and the RH in the box is still in
the 90s.  Yep, I'm going to try another approach, as I still think it's an
interesting idea.  But I'll probably just open the box for ___ minutes every
___ hours and see how many times it can recover.

I'd follow your plan, but I'm afraid it would drag on into the night (and
I'm just not that dedicated).  Besides which, I only have one of these cool
boxes.  But I do love the idea of a no-fill/no-drip, small, portable,
non-powered humidifying unit (that's really cheap and nontoxic, to boot).

A "sticker", to me, is the piece in a BOU (big ol' upright) that sit on top
of the capstan and is connected to the wippen with a bushed pin.  What do
you call that part?  It makes sense that there should/could be two different
terms for the different functions in verticals and drop actions since one
pushes and one pulls.  I should've thought of that when you first brought it
up.

In re the Starck, another tech has been called in.  I'm disappointed,
because I reallllly wanted to solve the problem myself.  But a) it's 200
miles each way and b) I obviously wasn't making sufficient headway in the
figuring-it-out department -- so now the only thing I'm disappointed about
is that I won't be there to learn from the tech who is actually going to
solve the problem.  Sure did learn a lot in the meantime!  From what the
owner told me on the phone when he called to say that I didn't need to plan
another trip over, the new tech is convinced the problem is in the center
rail key bushings.  Dunno.  At this point, nothing would suprise me... and
anything would enlighten me.

Annie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of RicB
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 8:39 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: questions, etc.
>
>
> Hi again Annie
>
> Maybe you should repeat your experiment with a control flowerpot this
> time.  One in the box, and another pot that you put in another box for
> 15 minutes every 2 hours or so to measure its effect on RH in the box.
> That way you could find out just how long the flower pot will hold its
> moisture when it is placed in the room.
>
> As far as the Starck action with Billings flanges is concerned.  You
> used the term <<stickers>>  This is a term I only associate with drop
> actions.  Could you please let me know exactly what you are
> referring too ?
>
> Neat report so far.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
>
>     Annie writes:
>
>     Flowerpot humidifer update:  RH dropped into the 80s last night but
>     is back
>     in the mid-90s this morning, 2-1/2+ days since the 5-minute
>     immersion.  The
>     house is dry enough that the cats won't let me pet 'em, but I'm
>     expecting
>     rain inside that box!
>
>     As for the Starck action:  it's a big ol' upright, so no drop
>     action.  The
>     owner has suggested I ask for assistance, so if anybody wants the job
>     (western IA), just let me know -- I'd be happy to pass it along to
>     someone
>     else.  (Actually, I wouldn't, as I really want to be able to say I
>     fixed it
>     right -- but I'd be overjoyed to get some recommendations on how to
>     proceed,
>     as I really am stumped.)
>
>     Ooooh, Conrad, I'm glad I'm not up in Decorah.  We haven't gotten much
>     below -11 yet, as far as I know.
>
>     Annie Grieshop
>
>