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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Alan,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The white pads were discontinued when our vendor
could not guarantee their composition. We received one lot where the
composition varied enough to cause sticking to the humidifier heater bars in
areas where winter dryness was extreme.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We tested bars where the residue was left on and
new white pads were applied. These still evaporated water at a rate as
good or better than new white pads on a clean bar. Thus, we felt it was a
cosmetic issue and not a performance problem.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, we received enough complaints that we
discontinued the white pads and brought back the blue.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do have a technician in the eastern US who swears
by the white pads. He is running a side by side test this winter on the
systems he maintains with white pads that we saved when we discontinued
them. It will be good to have more data, but I'm not sure this will
affect anything.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope this helps.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Roger Wheelock</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan R.
Barnard</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:16
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> White vs. Blue?</DIV>
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<P>I just found a box of those white DC pads. Wasn't there some bad news about
those? What's the story? Inquiring tuners want to know.</P>
<P><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR>Joshua
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