Mark, Wow! Good job on getting climate control in the college! That is phenomenal. And, as you pointed out, nothing will save pianos that reside in one of the most difficult environments in which to control the climate, which receive additional abuse on top of that. Exposed to rain & snow? Egad! I feel for you. Now, these moisture king systems. I must confess I still don't see the difference. The Piano Life Saver systems are available either as a half-system (dehumidifier and humidistat only) or a full system (dehumidifier, humidifier and humidistat). I'm not very familiar with the Moisture King units other than to know they exist. You say they are available with a humidifier? Where does the humidifier install? Is it similar to the PLS with pads over a heating element, or is it a fan unit, or some other? Enquiring minds, you know....... Thanks, William R. Monroe Hey Tom, > > you bring some very good points to the table. I guess I have to retract my > statement a bit. the institutional pianos I tune are the exception to > institutional pianos! I convinced the college to spend over 1 million > dollars on an automatic climate control system which keeps the humidity > between 45-55%. It never seems to vary even on the driest days, or the > heaviest humidity. The other college I tune for, they have the damp-chaser > systems properly installed in pianos sitting beside open windows which > expose the piano case to snow and rain on occasion. (I wish this were > exagerated.....) those pianos are hopeless and the systems are in-effective > because of the abuse. as it would be, they are considering reconstruction > to include a music hall with the same climate system I convinced the other > local college to install. Many of my home customers who are serious > about their pianos have the moisture king system which has worked out very > well for me. It uses similar low watt heat bars, but puts the moisture into > the room with a humidifier. The moisture king's wife also sells these cute > little russian piano toys...... something to keep in mind for Christmas. > > Overall I have to say for the climate I live in I have been very pleased > to see these systems working well. Also, virtually all homes here in the > south have central air. > > Thanks for the comments > Mark > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090404/bc05ccc7/attachment-0001.html>
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