<!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> <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></BODY></HTML>