<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jason,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>YHMSHHS</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes it can be hard to get the = customer to maintain the unit. But the rewards are great when they do esp. in the = north west in your area.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The reason that I think that my = customers sometimes fail to service the units is that the change is so gradual from sounding = great to not so good when they turn the unit off for some occasion. It is sort = of like the frog story and boiling water.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <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=jkanter@rollingball.com = href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com">jason kanter</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 06, 2004 = 9:20 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> DamppChaser = confession</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I hereby confess that I have never = installed a Dampp-Chaser, never suggested installing one, never saw one that was = working -- though I have seen several pianos with neglected systems, buckets = dried out, frayed wiring with baked insulation, bent aluminum and pushpins, = or tubes that felt too hot -- and I have in general maintained a distaste for = these additions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Mostly this is ignorance. I was = never exposed to this technology in my apprentice years (early 70s) -- SHeldon Smith = never installed one during my year with him -- and I have also never heard a = presentation about DamppChasers, nor read any of their literature.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>(Ignorance is when you ignore = something. Stupidity is when you are in a stupor.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I see lots of talk on this list = that implies that DamppChasers are integral to your way of life, most of you. They = can also be a profitable element of the business. Could you tell me about this? = And are they high maintenance? And do they get neglected? Do you have to chide = the piano owner to take better care of the humidifier, for example? And = don't the wires just get in the way? And are they pretty much a given = improvement up here in the Pacific Northwest?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Thanks in advance. May the dialog = be healthy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>||  |||  ||  = |||  ||  |||  ||  |||  ||  |||  ||  |||  = ||  |||  ||  |||<BR>jason kanter • piano tuning/regulation/repair<BR>bellevue, wa • 425 562 4127 • cell 425 = 831 1561<BR>orcas island • 360 376 2799<BR>[see historic temperaments at = <A = href="http://www.rollingball.com">www.rollingball.com</A>]</FONT></DIV>= </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>