Steve, You could curb the humidity onslaught in the summer by just hanging the heater bars with controller only instead of the entire system. If you could only keep them plugged in during the summer when no one is there youve at least won half the battle. Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté www.gregspianoforte.com 216-226-3791 (office) 216-470-8634 (mobile) From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Steven Sandstrom Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1:27 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: good school pianos The main problem is an unsuitable environment. We go from humidity in the low to mid 20 percent range in winter to humidity in the 70-80 percent range over the summer. I've tried to explain to them that no piano will hold up great under these conditions. Also, at the 3 high school they constantly move the pianos around. I think Dampp-Chasers would work good in the middle and elementary schools where the pianos stay put in the room. I would still have to convince someone to maintain it. That is the biggest problem I see. The pianos they might be buying will not replace any of the Walters or Bostons they have bought. They would replace some of the 40-50 year old Hamiltons. I was just wondering what has worked good in other schools? Thanks for the help, Steve Sandstrom ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg <mailto:gnewell at ameritech.net> Newell To: 'Pianotech <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org> List' Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:10 AM Subject: RE: good school pianos Steve, I didnt respond earlier but I wonder. Is the problem unsuitable instruments for your environment or an environment unsuitable for your instruments. Ive tuned a few Walter pianos and they seem to be rock solid once the break in period is over. I certainly wouldnt think of replacing them for any MDF based box. My 2 cents. Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté www.gregspianoforte.com 216-226-3791 (office) 216-470-8634 (mobile) From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Steven Sandstrom Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:39 AM To: pianotech Subject: good school pianos Thanks to all who responded to my question about good pianos for schools. I will mention to them the Sauter and Kawai UST-9 pianos that were recommended. I will also try to talk them into Dampp-Chaser systems, at least for the new pianos that don't get moved around everyday. I know most of these will not be taken care of but there are a few teachers that would maintain them. When I started taking care of the pianos at a small college again there were 14 pianos that had older Dampp-Chaser systems in them. Of those 14 only 2 were plugged in and both of those were never filled with water. Even in the piano faculty studio with 2 Steinway "B" pianos the water light was always blinking. Any suggestions on how to get people to maintain these would help too. Thanks, Steve Sandstrom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080319/7ac6b7e1/attachment.html
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