•Hi All, I just finished uploading another new web page to Player-Care.com. It's about "Humidity and Pianos", and was written by Craig Brougher. Having lived here at the Jersey shore for my entire adult life, I really thought I knew all there was to know about humidity and pianos. I was woefully wro...

•Hi All, In my haste to get the Craig Brougher's article put up at the web site and then notify the group about the article, I neglected to include the location of the page. It's located at http://www.player-care.com/humidity_and_pianos.html Sorry... Musically, John A. Tuttle Player-Care.com Brick, ...

•I have many folks asking what is the correct humidity/temperature for my piano/organ/musical instrument? The answer is it varies with your area. The most important point is that the humidity and/or temperature not swing widely. No, the piano does not have to be in a heated or cooled room and set to...

•As long as we are on the topic of humidity control, do readers have any experience or recommendations regarding devices sold to maintain stable humidity in pianos? The only one I know of is "Dampp-Chaser," though there may be others I do not know of. Earlier Dampp-Chasers consisted of only a heatin...

•Hi, D. L. Bullock made some excellent points regarding the humidity requirements of musical instruments [051225 MMDigest], and I agree with everything he said. It is vital to have an accurate hygrometer (humidity gauge) in the music room, and to provide humidification of some kind. In my experience...

•Hello all, Having relocated from Florida to Massachusetts (and not being used to the temperature and humidity swings up here), I find that I have a humidity related question -- actually a "lack thereof" question. I would like some input on the following situation. Last summer I rebuilt a unit valve...

•I would like to speak to someone who has installed a Dampp-Chaser humidifier/dehumidifier in an Ampico grand. If there are other recommendations, I would be interested. I have to do something because humidity variations are too great here in Arizona and my piano is suffering. Brice Willis ...

•Dean, The centrifugal gadget that threw water on a fine screen and dispensed with a small blower is no longer made. It was very good because it was not sensitive to calcium buildup. This type has been replaced by an efficient small suitcase sized unit that emits a very fine vapor using six or so ul...

•I have been in the business of buying, restoring and selling pianos for 43 years. Every time a piano comes in to me with one of the add-on humidity devices installed, I immediately throw the unit and everything associated with it in the trash. I do the same with the aluminum tubes installed in pian...

•I believe that there are characteristics of piano-specific climate control systems being ascribed which are simply not there. In my experience these systems do not have the power to save or destroy a piano; they are relatively low-wattage devices which are merely there to help to moderate the extre...

•I have tried everything. Not long ago I posted an article on how I keep my own piano properly humidified in winter. The first attempt was to use an in-room portable humidifier. It seemed to work well but soon caused structural damage to my house, including mold and mildew in the attic, exterior hou...

•Hi all, I have three reproducing grand pianos in my basement and have owned reproducing pianos since about 1967. I have been an associate member of the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) for many years and I am a retired Mechanical Engineer knowledgeable about design and function of things like pianos. ...

•I've installed a few humidity control systems in non-player uprights, and in my experience they help somewhat in stabilizing the tuning between visits and have postponed at least one re-stringing job. I've yet to encounter one in a player piano. Dammp-Chaser (the most prominent, and perhaps the onl...

•Richard Friedman wrote in 150216 MMDigest, "Again, maybe there is an MMDer who can tell us from personal experience with a grand piano." For the past 10+ years I have had and have maintained Dampp Chaser systems in my three grand player pianos. There has been much dialog back and forth about the pr...

•For the past winter, and for the first time, I experimented by keeping my Ampico under a tent of plastic sheeting, keeping the lower household humidity away from it. Under the tent, I kept four flat pans of water that I kept filled. In addition, I kept an accurate hygrometer under this tent, closel...

•I read two posts about use of Dampp Chaser systems in pianos and all I can say is that I highly support their use in pianos based on personal experience as a professional piano technician. I live on the East Coast near the ocean and have seen the tremendous damage that can be done from high humidit...

I have a Weber player piano, that currently is sent away for repinning and restringing, because of the too low humidity the previous owners exposed it to. I plan to treat it much more carefully, by adding moisture, especially in the wintertime, when the air is dry here where I live in Oslo. The prob...

Perhaps a true piano technician can provide some opinion and insight into a piano problem that I have been having. As many know, the Mills Violano is equipped with a keyboardless, symmetrical piano. That is, the bass strings are located in the middle of the cast iron frame, with the treble strings o...

•Since I am not a technician, my only experience with this subject is hearing that one should try to keep the room at a constant temperature and humidity for the benefit of both the piano and the reproducing player mechanism. Living in the Chicago area, I use an indoor humidifier in the winter and u...

•I have considered a "Top Ten" list of reasons why nobody responded to my posting of 12/23/97 attached, in reference to humidity levels. But, I believe I have narrowed it down to two: (1) 12/23/97 was in the midst of the holidays and nobody really read it, or (2) nobody wants to tackle the question...