<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I would think an area rug under the piano and a DampChaser undercover should negate any effects of the heat off the floor. The coils won’t be making the floor hot, just slightly warm. If they avoid the area under the piano, then they are pretty much stuck with that location for the piano. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p> <u1:PersonName u2:st="on">Dean May</u1:PersonName>             cell 812.239.3359 <o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 <o:p></o:p> <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Terre Haute</st1:City></u1:City> <u1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IN</u1:State></st1:State>  <u1:PostalCode u2:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47802</u1:PostalCode></st1:PostalCode></st1:place></u1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Farrell Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 12:33 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: In-floor Radiant Heating<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> I am not an expert with radiant heat. However, the more consistent you can keep the environment surrounding the piano, the better. I agree with you that it would be better to leave the area of the piano free of the radiant heat source. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> I should think that a grand piano without a full DC (with bottom cover) installation placed over a radiant heat source would likely have a rather short lifespan.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Terry Farrell<o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> I just had a phone call from a music studio that is installing electric coil radiant heating in the floor. She wondered about the advisability of putting the coils directly under where the piano will be placed.  I'm thinking it may be better to avoid it, but I should defer to the greater expertise of this list. For some reason, although this question has been bugging them for some time, they only now decided to call me to ask... now that the workers are there putting the tiles in the floor... so time is of the essence.  If I don't get a definitive response from the many wiser persons here, I think I would advise them to avoid an area for about a one-foot perimeter around the piano. TIA, Paul<o:p></o:p> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>