<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>As it's been stated here 1000's of times, <STRONG>there is a proper way and a wrong way to use anything</STRONG>. Come on now...........do you think anyone would be that stupid as to "blast the mist right into the piano"! It's the technicians job to instruct the client on the proper use of any equipment you install or recommend that they use.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jpdraine@gmail.com href="mailto:jpdraine@gmail.com">J Patrick Draine</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 18, 2008 7:59 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Whole room humidity control better than Dampp Chaser. ( Right?)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Greg, <DIV>My (anecdotal) observation is that a standard DC installation on a grand will not promote oxidation of steel strings and copper windings, while usage of a room humidifier often will result in rapid accumulation of rust & dull brown copper windings. If customers are inclined to use a room humidifier I urge them to keep the lid closed when not in use. Customers sometimes blast the mist right into the piano -- sigh -- they think they're "doing the right thing."</DIV> <DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Patrick Draine</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Feb 18, 2008 12:36 AM, Greg Newell <<A href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">gnewell@ameritech.net</A>> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV lang=EN-US vlink="purple" link="blue"> <DIV> <P><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)"> I believe that it's even a bit of a stretch to claim that it helps to prevent rusty strings in a grand as the pictures would seems to indicate. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>