<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C48AD7.DE9CDB80"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="cid:editdata.mso@01C48AD7.DE9CDB80">  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> In= all of my sales pitches for this system, I don’t think that question has = ever come up. I use the brochure DampChaser supplies (these are really cheap and = highly effective. Everyone should order 100 of these). I show them the = components, what they look like installed, the picture showing the water bucket = filling it. And I focus my pitch on my 20 years of experience:  how well these systems = work<o:p></o:p> <!= [if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> It= is not possible to affect the moisture only on one part of the soundboard. If = you dry one area, moisture will migrate from all over the board until it = stabilizes. That is the nature of wood: it wicks = water.<o:p></o:p> <!= [if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Th= at aside, I would focus the sales presentation on the fact that the system = works, that is why he should buy it, not because he understands how it works. I = tell potential customers that my experience in the field proves over and over = that the system works incredibly well and is very reliable. They don’t = have to understand how it works, only that it does, and they can trust your = years of experience and the collective experience of technicians you are = associated with, which amounts to thousands of units in the field. = <o:p></o:p> <!= [if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> In= cidentally, of the scores that I’ve installed and serviced in the last 20+ = years, I had my first bad humidistat yesterday on a system that is over eight years old. = I think that is pretty remarkable testimony on the reliability of these = systems. <o:p></o:p> <!= [if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Dean<o:p></o:p><= /font> Dean May             cell = 812.239.3359<o:p></o:p></= p> PianoRebuilders.com   = 812.235.5272<o:p></o:p></= p> Terre Haute IN  47802<o:p></o:p> <= span class=EmailStyle19><![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> -----Original Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On = Behalf Of Ryan Sowers Sent: Wednesday, August = 25, 2004 1:38 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Ultimate = Damp-chaser <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> In = regards to Dampp-chaser installation in vertical = pianos:<o:p></o:p><= /p>  <o:p></o:p><= /p> I've encountered this question more than once from clients: "Can the = system really be effective if its only exposed to one side of the = soundboard". My usual reply is that even though the back of the soundboard is exposed to outside air, maintaining a more constant environment inside the piano = will indeed keep the soundboard from swelling and contracting to the degree = that it does with no system in place. I sometimes still get a skeptical look; = Any better explanations out there?<o:p></o:p><= /p>  <o:p></o:p><= /p> Has = anybody studied the effect of a barrier cloth on the back of the piano to = improve the efficiency of the system. I have heard that the wool string = covers that Laroy Edward's daughter makes for grand pianos can measurably improve = the function of a Damp-chaser. <o:p></o:p><= /p>  <o:p></o:p><= /p> I have thought from time to time that perhaps the ultimate = system would be to install 2 Dampp-chasers, one on each side of the soundboard. = Has anybody actually attempted this? Does this make = sense?<o:p></o:p><= /p>  <o:p></o:p><= /p>  <o:p></o:p><= /p>  <o:p></o:p><= /p> Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Pianova Piano Service Olympia, WA<o:p></o:p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center = style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'> <hr size=1 width="100%" align=center> </div> Do = you Yahoo!? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/50x/*http://promotions.ya= hoo.com/new_mail/static/efficiency.html">Yahoo! Mail</a> - 50x more storage than other providers!<o:p></o:p><= /p> </div> </body> </html>