Yes. One of our chapter members was involved in an interesting lawsuit having to do with this very situation. The lesson learned for us was to emphasize the bold-print guidance in the Dampp-Chaser literature, for the customer to use only the Dampp-Chaser humidifier sauce. I believe this section of the literature is now bolded as a result of this case. The customer got replacement liquid locally. I believe the product was "Humidiclean." Sounds about right, doesn't it? The product contained muriatic acid. The piano was severely affected. All of the strings turned black as I recall. Every metal thing was "touched." Sell the sauce clause. Cliff Lesher Winfield, PA ______________________________________ On Oct 14, 2008, at 1:04 AM, John Radley wrote: > I saw a similar situation in a church piano. After investigating, > I discovered the custodian was "saving money" by using hardware > store-type dehumidifier additive (the kind that Dampp-Chaser warns > about - evidently containing some sort of acid). The pins and > strings were rusty, and the Dampp-Chaser itself was so rusty that > when I inspected it, the metal parts just crumbled. This was a > very old unit (the kind with the one orange light), but I'm sure > the same could happen on a newer unit as well. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081014/11a5951b/attachment.html
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