Disklavier

Hi All,

I purchased a DC3A a couple of years ago.  Since I got the piano, I've
been trying to baby it as much as possible.  I bought a whole-house
humidifier to keep the humidity up during the winter.

When it's hot enough to run the central AC, the humidity stays between
40%-50%.

The problem is when it's in the mid-70's and very humid.  I have a
whole-house fan that keeps the house very comfortable, but I worry
that too much humidity will damage the piano over the long run.  If I
turn the AC on it doesn't run frequently enough keep the humidity down
either.

I've closed the windows in the room with the piano and bought a
dehumidifier.  With the whole house fan going, the dehumidifier runs
frequently to keep the humidity down (and keeps the room pretty warm
to boot.)  Now I'm seeing higher power bills.

I'm wondering what my options are.

I could run the AC and turn the thermostat down to a few degrees
cooler than the outside temperature (it's 69 degrees F right now.)

I could buy some kind of impermeable cover and cover the piano so that
the humidity under the cover is 40%-50%.

I could just stop worrying about the whole thing.

Any ideas out there?

Thanks,
Bob

As a piano technician, I would definitely recommend a
Dampp Chase dehumidifier system for the piano.  It
would consist of 2 or 3 rods and a humidistat
preprogrammed to about 50% RH.  Your piano technician
should be able to supply you with the appropriate
system.  DO NOT purchase the other half of the system,
a tank that holds water, that is activated when the
rods are not warm.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message -----
From: "rwberry99" <rwberry@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 12:14 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Humidity and my DC3A...


> Hi All,
>
> I purchased a DC3A a couple of years ago.  Since I
got the piano, I've
> been trying to baby it as much as possible.  I bought
a whole-house
> humidifier to keep the humidity up during the winter.
>
> When it's hot enough to run the central AC, the
humidity stays between
> 40%-50%.
>
> The problem is when it's in the mid-70's and very
humid.  I have a
> whole-house fan that keeps the house very
comfortable, but I worry
> that too much humidity will damage the piano over the
long run.  If I
> turn the AC on it doesn't run frequently enough keep
the humidity down
> either.
>
> I've closed the windows in the room with the piano
and bought a
> dehumidifier.  With the whole house fan going, the
dehumidifier runs
> frequently to keep the humidity down (and keeps the
room pretty warm
> to boot.)  Now I'm seeing higher power bills.
>
> I'm wondering what my options are.
>
> I could run the AC and turn the thermostat down to a
few degrees
> cooler than the outside temperature (it's 69 degrees
F right now.)
>
> I could buy some kind of impermeable cover and cover
the piano so that
> the humidity under the cover is 40%-50%.
>
> I could just stop worrying about the whole thing.
>
> Any ideas out there?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
>
>
>
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In a message dated 6/8/2007 6:14:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
thecarolb@... writes:

As a  piano technician, I would definitely recommend a
Dampp Chase dehumidifier  system for the piano. It
would consist of 2 or 3 rods and a  humidistat
preprogrammed to about 50% RH. Your piano technician
should  be able to supply you with the appropriate
system. DO NOT purchase the  other half of the system,
a tank that holds water, that is activated when  the
rods are not warm.

Carol Beigel


Carol,
 
Do you recommend a DAMP CHASER along with sound insulation applied to the  
under side of the sound board? if yes, how would you install them?
 
Glen (DC6A, Mark III)
Pensacola, FL

 




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