Barbara, Just another view of it LOL. Why not use a room dehumidifier or, parish the thought, leave it alone. People have tuned pianos for many years before them things came along and if they have heat and air in that fancy room, maybe that piano won't self destruct. William ----- Original Message ----- From: Garret Traylor To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Disklavier DC installation Hi Barbara, You may have another option maybe the best of both worlds. Dampp-Chaser use to have a rack that sits under a piano that would support the DC. This was a European design; the piano maker’s qualm was to not attach non-piano hardware to their instrument. If Dampp-Chaser Corp doesn’t have one, you could easily design and make one yourself (or get some help). The goal with this system is to have the DC components effectively positioned and as close to the piano as possible. I think that if one were to use this method, then a skirt should be utilized to minimize the effect of drafts below the rim area. I doubt that a half system will give you all the control you may need based on your geography. Use your imagination and apply your service experience and you will find a solution that will work. Over time the system should be tweaked as necessary. How many times have you tuned this particular piano? Kindest Regards, Garret --- Garret Traylor - President High Point Piano & Music Inc. 88-PIANO (336) 887-4266 P Go Green! Print this email only when necessary. Thank you for helping High Point Music be environmentally responsible. From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Barbara Richmond Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 5:00 PM To: pianotech Subject: [pianotech] Disklavier DC installation Greetings list, I was wondering what kind of results folks have had installing a DC system in a Disklavier. Here's my situation: The GH-1 is located in a high rise apartment building (28th floor, the view is great!). The owners have the entire floor--the room the piano is in is huge--so a room humidifier isn't going to be effective. The windows--all around the building are floor to ceiling--it's always warm in there no matter what the season and in spite of the fancy blinds. I called Yamaha and was told the humidifier bucket should not be mounted under anything electronic. I contacted Dampp-Chaser and asked if the humidifier would be effective in the only spot it would fit--on the straight side. The response was that the effectiveness would be reduced, but they didn't know by how much. There are options-- 1. just have the piano tuned more often. 2. Install the dehumidifiers & humidistat only to head off the higher humidity times. 3. Install the whole system and pray that it works after the customer has paid the big bucks for it. Has anyone installed a complete system on a GH-1 Disklavier and did you get good results? I forgot to ask at Yamaha if an undercover would be OK, since the electronics makes some heat. Thanks, Barbara Richmond, RPT near Peoria, Illinois -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100414/bc99e875/attachment.htm>
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