<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=Windows-1252> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 acc_role="text" CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV> <DIV>  I know it is the climate in the buildings and no piano will hold up unless the climate is improved. The problem with our 3 high schools is these piano are moved around constantly. They are in large band and vocal rooms. They keep moving them around the rooms and to the auditorium and back. I will suggest the Dampp-Chaser systems but I don't see anyone taking care of them. Dampp-Chaser systems would work better in the middle and elementary schools where the pianos stay put. We have around 90-100 pianos in the district. Several are old Hamiltons which I wouldn't bother with Dampp-Chasers. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Thanks for the suggestions,</DIV> <DIV>  Steve Sandstrom</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:mcpianos@hotmail.com href="mailto:mcpianos@hotmail.com">Marcel Carey</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 16, 2008 8:28 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Good pianos for schools?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>Steve,<BR><BR>One suggestion that will make any piano better on the long run in the school system:  DAMPP CHASERS !!!<BR><BR>I insist that they have it installed in every piano and I train a student or a staff person to fill them up regularly (?spelling). Even if sometimes they forget, it cures 80% of the pitch swings. Now if you could get the dealer to stick the price of these in the sales, the pianos would last longer not to mention your tunings.<BR><BR>For brands, P-22 are nice and so are T-121 (except for their cabinet that is hard to open up).<BR><BR>Marcel Carey, RPT<BR>Sherbrooke, QC<BR>________________________________<BR>> From: <A title=mailto:sandstromsw@hotmail.com href="mailto:sandstromsw@hotmail.com">sandstromsw@hotmail.com</A><BR>> To: <A title=mailto:pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>> Subject: Good pianos for schools?<BR>> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:11:03 -0500<BR>> <BR>>   Does anyone have any recommendations for pianos that will hold up in a school? The local public schools might be getting some new ones. In the past 15 years they have bought some Walter studios and some Boston studios. They have not held up well in the very dry to very humid conditions in the school buildings. Some of the schools have upgraded to geo-thermal systems. I don't like these at all. It is just as dry in the winter as before but now you have forced air drying things out more. I have always recommended the P22's but have not worked on any of the Chinese made ones. I know no piano will do very good under these conditions. The school district does a pretty good job of taking care of the pianos. Music programs are still important in the schools here. Price is always a concern. There are still some of the 40-50 year old Hamilton pianos that some teachers prefer over the newer stuff. Too bad they don't make them like those. Any suggestions will help.<BR>> <BR>>  Thanks,  Steve Sandstrom<BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>Semez l’amour par installez 30 émoticônes gratuite pour Messenger. Cliquez-ici!<BR><A title=http://g.msn.ca/ca55/219 href="http://g.msn.ca/ca55/219">http://g.msn.ca/ca55/219</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>