[pianotech] pitch floating; D-C Systems in schools

[David Nereson]

    I have found that Dampp-Chaser systems are almost impossible to keep 
operable in schools.  They're always moving the pianos around and forget to 
plug them back in.  They skip years with the tunings, so the pads don't get 
replaced, water doesn't get filled.  They lose the watering can.  Kids take 
the bottom panel off for more volume, then vandalize the D-C system. 
Janitors move the pianos to do the carpets or floors in the summer, then 
don't plug 'em back in.  I gave up.  It was too maddening.
    --David Nereson, RPT