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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Julia said: "<FONT face="Times New =
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size=3>Greetings, =
<BR><BR>
No, I never document the humidity or the temp. I figure it really =
<BR>will not
tell me anything, since lots of churches turn the sanctuary heat way =
<BR>down
all week and only warm it up for Sunday mornings and some on Wed =
evenings.
<BR>When the temp and humidty are fluctuating from week to week in the =
winter,
<BR>how can you have a baseline at all? I am tuning in there in March =
with a
coat <BR>on, only the congregation knows what the piano sounds like on =
Sunday
all warmed
<BR>up.<BR><BR> &nbs=
p; As
far as residential customers, I have no idea of the range of =
<BR>warm or
cool they like their homes in the passing seasons and some of the more
<BR>affluent homes have central air and dehumidifiers built in. What can =
recording <BR>a temp reading from one day in which you visit there to =
tune, tell
you about <BR>all the other temperatured days in that dwelling? I
think,,,,nothing. Its all <BR>so arbitrary.....Am I being too =
scientific? Also
some customers live in wooded <BR>areas on mountaintops and others live =
in
mecadam and concreted city <BR>surroundings.
<BR><BR> I =
think all
temperatute recordings that are eneterd onto a chart <BR>which the =
customer
could record on a weekly basis would really be da bom...(as <BR>the =
Geiko
commercial says), but who would ever be willing to commit do such a =
<BR>survey?
Am I missing something here?....afterall, I do only have a wopping 21 =
<BR>months
in this business. Should I record? What would it tell
me?"<BR><BR>Julia,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" =
size=3>I notate the
temp/humid. on my tuning record(s). I have found it to invaluable at =
times. If I
think there is a problem, I suggest the client go to Radio Shack and get =
one of
their gauges. I have one, so I show them what to look for. This guage =
keeps the
highs and lows in memory and will definately let you know if there is a =
problem.
I have many clients that do this. When we, (the client and me), find =
that the
house is outside reasonable perameters,.....it's damp-chaser time! I've =
found
that the clients like to be part of the puzzle when there seems to be a
problem.<G></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Regards,</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool
Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>