<DIV>Up here in the Pacific Northwest there is hardly a need for the whole Dampp Chaser system.</DIV>
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<DIV>Matthew</DIV>
<DIV><BR><B><I>jason kanter <jkanter@rollingball.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I hereby confess that I have never installed a Dampp-Chaser, never suggested installing one, never saw one that was working -- though I have seen several pianos with neglected systems, buckets dried out, frayed wiring with baked insulation, bent aluminum and pushpins, or tubes that felt too hot -- and I have in general maintained a distaste for these additions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Mostly this is ignorance. I was never exposed to this technology in my apprentice years (early 70s) -- SHeldon Smith never installed one during my year with him -- and I have also never heard a presentation about DamppChasers, nor read any of their literature.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>(Ignorance is when you ignore something. Stupidity is when you are in a stupor.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I see lots of talk on this list that implies that DamppChasers are integral to your way of life, most of you. They can also be a profitable element of the business. Could you tell me about this? And are they high maintenance? And do they get neglected? Do you have to chide the piano owner to take better care of the humidifier, for example? And don't the wires just get in the way? And are they pretty much a given improvement up here in the Pacific Northwest?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Thanks in advance. May the dialog be healthy.</FONT></DIV>
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