<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Alan's in the UK (check his email).  It really = helps to add your location to your signature!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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> Sunday, May 22, 2005 6:42 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Relative Humidity = Changes and Old Pianos, was: CA and Acceleratorand Happy Clients!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF wrote:</FONT></STRONG></DIV></EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial = size=2><EM></EM></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>Most of the pianos in = this country are over 80 years old</EM> </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Really? Says who? I know some days it seems = that way, but I don't think that is true at all.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>and have acclimatized = to a RH of 65%. </EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Really? Says who? Where do you get such data = from? Most environments do not have fluctuating relative humidity levels?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>Ideally, the = installation of a climate control system should maintain that 65% to avoid any = damage.</EM> </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Why would a slightly drier environment cause = any damage? All the wood in that piano grew for 100 to several hundred = years at something like 50% MC (what is the moisture content of green = wood?). Somebody dried it out after they cut the darn thing down - didn't do = much damage then - why would a small change in MC damage it = now? IMHO, hesitating to create a stable 42% RH (or there = abouts) environment for an old piano is nonsense.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>The Dampp Chaser = literature that I have does not state whether you can set it to maintain existing = conditions, and am therefore very reluctant to recommend the system for old = instruments; new </EM></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face=Arial = size=2><EM>ones, fine</EM>.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>New piano, old piano, same difference, IMHO.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>