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<DIV>Eeeeeee Gads! That is one scary story. This installation may have =
worked
better if they had plugged the humidifier into the dehumidifier socket! =
Thanks
for sharing. This is one for the record book.</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mjbkspal@execpc.com =
href="mailto:mjbkspal@execpc.com">Mike and Jane
Spalding</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> Thursday, November 08, =
2001 8:49
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Creative DamppChaser
installation</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>List,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Many of us have had to install DamppChasers under =
a small
"budget" grand that doesn't have any beams. DamppChaser sells
telescoping rods for this situation. I've never used the rods; =
instead,
I install wooden closet hanger bars using the molded plastic end cups =
- then I
can screw the various pieces directly into the wooden =
bars.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Yesterday I went to tune a piano and service the
DamppChaser. New customer, piano had recently been shipped from =
Mom's
home in Kansas City to daughter here in Milwaukee. "The guys who =
moved
the piano installed the humidifier. They didn't have any =
directions, so
they figured things out the best they could". The tank brackets =
were
screwed directly into the soundboard ribs. The long humidifier =
bar was
twist tied along the treble side of the tank, running from tail to =
belly
rail. The humidistat was twist tied to the front end of the =
tank.
Needless to say, the various sections of the scale were off pitch in
directions and amounts that I have never experienced before. It =
also
explains all the weird rattles and buzzes I heard while =
tuning.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Makes plugging the humidifier into the =
dehumidifier socket
seem like a minor infraction.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>PS Yes, I am going back as soon as I =
can
schedule it, to re-install the DamppChaser and check for soundboard / =
rib
damage.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>