<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bob,</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Your C2 with the Dampp-Chaser installed will be just fine. BTW, the standard humidistat is set for 42%, and the wet humidistat is 51%. This will be even closer to the conditions in </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy'>Japan</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>. </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Enjoy your piano and your retirement. Oh, and don’t forget to install the system!!!</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jerry Cohen, RPT</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>New Jersey</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy'> Chapt.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi List,</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>After being in the piano business for a number of years, playing the piano for more years than I can count and owning a bunch of pianos, I have retired from Oregon to Western North Carolina (Hendersonville) and have recently purchased a gray market C2 silent (sn 5516795 made in the late 90's) from an dealer in Florida.  </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>After selling Yamaha's for years, my brain continues to toss around the term 'seasoned for destination' like a stuck record.  We sales people were told by Yamaha US that the soundboard and bridges were seasoned a few % drier than those sold in the orient.  Well, of course, the destination of 'the US' means indoor humidity conditions from 20% to 99%.  Oriental homes (inside) must figure in that range somewhere, one would think.  The fellow I purchased the piano from in Floriday stated that Yamaha doesn't season for destination any longer. </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The climate in my home this summer with airconditioning (in a very warm, damp outside climate) has been 75 degrees and from 45-48% humidity.  I purchased a Dampp-Chaser wet humidistat (which I have yet to install) which will keep the piano around 42%.  </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>So here's the question finally:  Will I be ok with my gray market C2 with a wet humidistat installed?   Will my gray market piano be OK and stable at a fairly continuous 42% humidity?</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>By the way, so far the C2 looks and sounds great!!!.   Fewer hot harmonics that most new US C2's I've played.  Mellow but still clean; great breaks, smooth action, easy to "whisper" on and a delight to play.  I put the flat side parallel and 6" from the wall to help compensate for losing the bigger bass of the C6 I sold before leaving Oregon.  The C2 Sounds great in an 18' X 28' room with vaulted ceiling and hardwood floors (with a thick oriental rug under the piano itself).</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks,</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bob Andrews</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hendersonville, NC</span></font></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>