<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ccccff> <DIV> <DIV>Piano: 1903 Steinway S, nice home, older lady, excellent classical pianist, A/C seldom used even though we have tropical, steamy summers. Installed a full DC about 14 months ago, tuned it two months later. No undercover, for reasons too complicated to explain.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Story: Called for 6 month tuning, she said it "sounded okay" and she'd like to wait 'til it's been a year (We've heard THAT before, haven't we?). Tuned the piano this morning (12 months). The center notes were about 3 to 7 cents sharp (the remains of Hurricane What'sitsname just dumped two days of rain on us), the bass was ON, the treble was CLOSE, the high treble was ON. I did very little actual pin turning to tune that piano.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Result: She said: "Isn't that great. I can just tune it once a year!"  Hmmm .... happy customer, annual tuning fees cut in half for her—and for me, dang it. I've got her half talked into a full reg/voicing job which the piano desperately needs, so that'll help make up for it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Moral: Once again, I have seen and heard results that make me a staunch, avid, perhaps rabid believer in DC systems. As long as they are kept plugged in and maintained (a big IF in many cases...) they really, really work.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com href="mailto:pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com">Piano Forte Supply</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 07/13/2005 4:59:41 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> room climate control</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><BR>I have a client with a 7' Kawai grand in a basement studio.  The Relative Humidity  is always on the high side (60%).  I urged him to monitor the humidity with an electronic hygrometer and to get a dehumidifier.<BR><BR>He did this, however the controller on the dehumidifier in very inaccurate.  With the controller set at 40%, it cut out when the humidity is still above 60%.  The manufacturer told him they are all not precise.  He has searched for higher end units, but even the manufacturers of these do not guarantee the precision of their controllers.<BR><BR>I would prefer to control the environment in the studio because it "should" be a straight forward thing to do.  I feel a Piano Life Saver System will simply always be fighting the higher humidity in the room.<BR><BR>I have thought of using a Piano Life Saver humidistat to control a simple room de-humidifier.  Would this work?  Would he need a relay  between the humidistat and the de-humidifier?<BR><BR>Any thoughts, and especially experiences, welcome.<BR><BR>Jurgen Goering<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com">www.pianofortesupply.com</A> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>