Disklavier

You probably do not need to worry.  The idea of
humidity control really means controlling the amount of
moisture that gets absorbed by the wood in your piano.
You really know if too much moisture is getting to the
soundboard because you would see pressure ridges under
the strings.

When I install climate control systems on grand pianos,
I only use the Dampp Chaser dehumidifier rods and a
humidistat.  No tank of water and no cover.  Definitely
see about doing this and you won't need to worry about
moisture in your piano no matter what the temperature.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rwberry99" <rwberry@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 2:16 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Am I killing my piano?


> Hi All,
>
> I've looked through the archives and have read some
of the
> discussions, but most humidity-related articles were
about forced-air
> heating systems.  So here's my story:
>
> I bought a DC3A back in January.  I did a little
reading and had a
> whole-house humidifier installed in my forced-air
heating system.
> During the winter, I had no problem keeping the
relative humidity
> between 35% and 45%.
>
> During the summer, the air conditioner kept the house
at a healthy
> humidity level (40% to 50%.)
>
> Now since Autumn is arriving, I'm at a dilemma.  The
outside
> temperature has been as low at 55 to 60 degrees
Fahrenheit and it's
> still pretty humid (the last couple of days the
humidity has been
> hovering around 80%-90%).
>
> If I wanted to have the air conditioner help keep the
humidity down,
> I'd have to set the thermostat between 65 and 70
degrees otherwise the
> air conditioner wouldn't cycle on at all.  I tried
this briefly and
> the house gets kind of stuffy pretty quickly because
the air
> conditioner comes on so infrequently.
>
> I've read about humidity control systems for the
piano, but I'm not
> real thrilled about having to deal with some kind of
cover for my
> piano.  I play it 2-3 times a day and having to fool
with a cover
> would be a PITA.  This is not even considering the
aesthetics of
> covering the piano.
>
> I grew up in a house with no air conditioning (so we
were totally at
> the whim of Mother Nature regarding humidity) and a
console piano.  We
> had the piano tuned twice a year and I don't remember
any significant
> problems other than things I could attribute to
normal wear and tear.
>
> I don't mind having my piano tuned more frequently
(heck I would have
> it tuned every month if I thought I could stop
worrying about the
> humidity all the time.)
>
> Am I really damaging my piano by exposing it to this
kind of humidity?
>  How quickly would things go down hill?  We had the
piano I played
> when I was growing up for 12 years and other that
having it tuned and
> replacing the felts after about 10 years the humidity
didn't seem to
> bother it all that much.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
>
>
>
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