Below beam humidifier installation

[John Formsma]

I've no idea why it would have been done that way. I've installed a
dual-tank system in a B, and I think it was a fairly normal install.
However, It's been a while back, and it's possible it was a below the beams
install. Perhaps the installer thought there wasn't enough clearance between
the soundboard and the baffle. ???

You should be able to buy a couple hanger rods and brackets to do it right.
You might also need some of the large tubing that connects the two tanks
(could be too short when you reposition the tanks.) Then add the undercover.

Even if it's below the beams, you can get the humidifier high enough to put
on an undercover. The old type brackets (the bent metal ones) could be
reversed so that the hanger rods could be cut to fit in between the beams if
necessary, thus not requiring the tank to be hung so low as in the
traditional below the beams install. The newer flex brackets should work
similarly, but you'd need to be careful not to cut the rod too short. Hint,
bring some extras. :) (I usually keep the shorter sections from previous
installs, and this has saved me in a couple of instances.)

JF

On 2/21/07, Barbara Richmond <piano57 at insightbb.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi all,
>
> Gosh, this is Dampp-Chaser month for me...
>
> Today I serviced a Steinway B that had the DC humidifiers (2) hanging
> below, and I mean <below> the beams.  There were rectangular pieces of
> plywood attached to the beams and the humidifiers hung below those with the
> usual baffle between the humidifier and plywood.
>
> Why would this have been done?
>
> Since these folks don't usually use air conditioning (and it can
> get mighty humid here), I would like to get those buckets up into the piano
> and install an undercover, etc.
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
>
>
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