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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>oops my spell checker stopped working =
You have me
sadly hanging my head</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=
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jkanter@rollingball.com =
href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com">jason
kanter</A> </DIV>
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title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 06, 2004 =
10:51
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: DamppChaser =
confession</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>What's YHMSHHS? you have ... =
what?</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=imatunr@srvinet.com =
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">Joe And Penny
Goss</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 =
8:41
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: DamppChaser
confession</DIV>
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<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
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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>
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<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>
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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
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href="http://www.rollingball.com">www.rollingball.com</A>]</FONT></DIV>=
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