<!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><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael Gamble = wrote;</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>"We do not have the dry climatic problems and water is a lot = cheaper than a Dampp-Chaser system. In the UK this system is horrendously = expensive"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, indeed, about a third of = the price of a brand new Chinese upright piano or even the same price as a decent = desktop computer. (Where's the value?) Don't forget also that the replacement = pads ain't cheap either.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most of the pianos in this = country are over 80 years old and have acclimatized to a RH of 65%. Ideally, the = installation of a climate control system should maintain that 65% to avoid any damage. = 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 </FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face=Arial = size=2>ones, fine.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>