Pianotech

  • 1.  Anyone Else Use MusicSorb?

    Posted 11-02-2017 20:02
    Just thinking about this today. Is there anyone else on this list that uses MusicSorb? I know that Dampp Chaser is the standard but there are situations that MusicSorb can be handy, like no electricity or a piano is moved a lot and won't stay plugged in, no one that takes responsibility for refilling it... I don't know if MusicSorb is as good as Dampp Chaser but it's got to be better than nothing. Anybody else use it?

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    Scott Kerns
    www.thattuningguy.com
    Tunic OnlyPure & TuneLab user
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  • 2.  RE: Anyone Else Use MusicSorb?

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-02-2017 22:33
    Hi Scott:
    I have used it in the past. It works well if there's no air movement around it. I experimented with it some years ago, and put some in the bottom of a console Baldwin. They stopped calling me for a long time, and after a couple years they finally did call for a tuning. When I got there it was extremely close, almost didn't need the tuning. I have other similar stories. Of course, I'm in San Diego so the weather is very mild. In a grand, I'd put it under a string cover or underneath with a bottom cover. It really does need a closed space.
    All in all, I like it. Dave McKibben is the dealer, and a very nice guy too. Look him up, and give him a call.
    FWIW,
    Paul mccloud



    Nov 2, 2017 8:02 PM
    Scott Kerns

    Just thinking about this today. Is there anyone else on this list that uses MusicSorb ? I know that Dampp Chaser is the standard but there are situations that MusicSorb can be handy, like no electricity or a piano is moved a lot and won't stay plugged in, no one that takes responsibility for refilling it... I don't know if MusicSorb is as good as Dampp Chaser but it's got to be better than nothing. Anybody else use it?

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    "That Tuning Guy"
    Scott Kerns
    www.thattuningguy.com
    Tunic OnlyPure & TuneLab user



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  • 3.  RE: Anyone Else Use MusicSorb?

    Posted 11-02-2017 23:22
    Good to hear Paul! Yes, I agree it works well in a closed in space. There's a couple of 9' grands I service with it and I've sealed in the lid with black weatherstripping. It works well. A while back there was a discussion about whether the soundboard shifts with humidity or the bridge. If it's the bridge that shifts then that would explain why it works well in grands, especially if they're sealed up. One of the grands (that I mentioned above) I tuned today had shifted just a couple of cents and there had been about a 25% humidity change.

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    "That Tuning Guy"
    Scott Kerns
    www.thattuningguy.com
    Tunic OnlyPure & TuneLab user
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