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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The problem won’t be keeping the
moisture down but up. During the winter where it’s cold it will be
too dry. Assuming power and that the cabin will be kept above freezing, the
capacity of the tank will not be adequate to keep the piano humidified for
several months. I suppose the question is whether you can install a
larger tank. You might look into fashioning a larger one out of something
which you can temporarily slide underneath the piano. You will need to
modify the tube which feeds the wicks by lengthening it so it extends down into
the larger tank. I’d probably talk to the DC company and see what
they say. </span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>David Love</span></font><font size=2 color=navy><span
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davidlovepianos@comcast.net<br>
www.davidlovepianos.com</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>John Ross<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 13, 2006
6:09 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Pianotech List</span></font><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Cold and dry</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I run across old pianos, in unheated
country churches, they seem to hold their tune reasonably well.</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>They do have the rust problem
though, but who knows how long ago it happened.</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I think a heater bar, just to keep
the moisture down would be adequate, if the rust problem isn't there yet. If it
is already rusty, I wouldn't bother, with anything.</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>That is, if it is just a mediocre
piano anyway.</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I would watch which mothballs, I
used, as it seems to me the fumes of some are corrosive.</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>John M. Ross<br>
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<br>
<a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</a></span></font></p>
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