<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version = 6.5.7036.0"> <TITLE>RE: DC behind fallboard!</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  Hi, About 15 to 20 years ago, Dampp Chaser sold 8 & 15 = Watt rods, and they came with screw spacers that held the rod above the = keys just above the balance rail mortices. I had fitted a few of these = to pianos that kept on having centre pin problems. Even after = recentering the wippens and hammers, they would begin to stick within 6 = months. With each of these rods, I also installed a humidistat that kept = the rod from cooking the plank. These pianos are still going ok and = Kerry Cooper Piano Technician Accredited Member APTTA; PTTGQ brispiano@optushome.com.au -----Original Message----- From: Don [<A = HREF="mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca">mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca</A= >] Sent: Sunday, 3 October 2004 12:43 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: DC behind fallboard! Hi Terry, At one time I believe there was an 8 watt 48" = rod. No it is not a good place for it. I would use a 50 watt at the belly with humidistat and = tail bar, and save the 25 watt for an upright. At 10:01 AM 03/10/2004 -0700, you wrote: >Started servicing a church piano; Baldwin grand = with 48-25A dehumidifier >installed BEHIND fallboard and only 1/8" = from jack toes.  No other DC or >Humidistat to be found. I will be relocating the = 48-25A to the underside of >the piano, then adding another shorter DC and = humidistat. Never saw this >type of installation before; has anyone else? My = opinion is that it is NOT a >good place to put it, especially without a = humidistat...right? > >Terry Peterson > >____________________________________________________________= _____ >FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – = get it now! ><A = HREF="http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/">ht= tp://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/</A> > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: <A = HREF="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A> > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. <A = HREF="mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca">mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca</A= >          <A = HREF="http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/">http://us.geocities.com/drpt19= 48/</A> 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (<A = HREF="http://www.grisoft.com">http://www.grisoft.com</A>). Version: 6.0.772 / Virus Database: 519 - Release = Date: 1/10/2004   --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (<A = HREF="http://www.grisoft.com">http://www.grisoft.com</A>). Version: 6.0.772 / Virus Database: 519 - Release Date: 1/10/2004   </BODY> </HTML>