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Greetings,

Does anyone have experience using the new "Piano Guard Humidity Control System" being offered by the Professional Piano Technicians Network? It appears to do everything that the PLSS does with the added feature I have sought for years now: remote monitoring.

Thanks,

Alan

I've installed 2 piano guards. It works as good as a PLS but different. 

A PLS is always on. So it heats or it humids even when the humidity is fine. This makes it a bit expensive because of the constant electricity it needs.

The Piano guard only begins to work when the humidity is under 45% or above 60%. In my country (the Netherlands) that means it is not doing anything for 50% of the time and only takes care of the extremes. It also has an App where you can monitor the Humidity. Small downside is that it takes a bit more time to install properly. There are 3 heaters and all the cables are pretty thick so it takes time to make it look clean.

So far the two grand pianos where I installed them improved tuning stability the same as a PLS normally does. For Grand pianos I will continue to use the Piano Guard in the future. 

Greetings,

Does anyone have experience using the new "Piano Guard Humidity Control System" being offered by the Professional Piano Technicians Network? It appears to do everything that the PLSS does with the added feature I have sought for years now: remote monitoring.

Thanks,

Alan

Hi Coen,

Thanks so much for sharing your experience with Piano Guard, and I'm such detail. Very useful!

Alan

I've installed 2 piano guards. It works as good as a PLS but different. 

A PLS is always on. So it heats or it humids even when the humidity is fine. This makes it a bit expensive because of the constant electricity it needs.

The Piano guard only begins to work when the humidity is under 45% or above 60%. In my country (the Netherlands) that means it is not doing anything for 50% of the time and only takes care of the extremes. It also has an App where you can monitor the Humidity. Small downside is that it takes a bit more time to install properly. There are 3 heaters and all the cables are pretty thick so it takes time to make it look clean.

So far the two grand pianos where I installed them improved tuning stability the same as a PLS normally does. For Grand pianos I will continue to use the Piano Guard in the future. 

Greetings,

Does anyone have experience using the new "Piano Guard Humidity Control System" being offered by the Professional Piano Technicians Network? It appears to do everything that the PLSS does with the added feature I have sought for years now: remote monitoring.

Thanks,

Alan

Hi Coen,

Thanks so much for sharing your experience with Piano Guard, and I'm such detail. Very useful!

Alan

I've installed 2 piano guards. It works as good as a PLS but different. 

A PLS is always on. So it heats or it humids even when the humidity is fine. This makes it a bit expensive because of the constant electricity it needs.

The Piano guard only begins to work when the humidity is under 45% or above 60%. In my country (the Netherlands) that means it is not doing anything for 50% of the time and only takes care of the extremes. It also has an App where you can monitor the Humidity. Small downside is that it takes a bit more time to install properly. There are 3 heaters and all the cables are pretty thick so it takes time to make it look clean.

So far the two grand pianos where I installed them improved tuning stability the same as a PLS normally does. For Grand pianos I will continue to use the Piano Guard in the future. 

Greetings,

Does anyone have experience using the new "Piano Guard Humidity Control System" being offered by the Professional Piano Technicians Network? It appears to do everything that the PLSS does with the added feature I have sought for years now: remote monitoring.

Thanks,

Alan

I just heard about this system last week, it looks like a really nice system and I'm especially happy that PLS has some competition- it can only be healthy for the industry. 

A 15% humidity range (45-60%) seems like quite a lot to me. Does anyone know what testing has occurred to arrive at these numbers? Additionally, is there a two-tank system for larger pianos like PLS has, or at least an efficient way to distribute the humidity evenly over large soundboards?

Hi Coen,

Thanks so much for sharing your experience with Piano Guard, and I'm such detail. Very useful!

Alan

I've installed 2 piano guards. It works as good as a PLS but different. 

A PLS is always on. So it heats or it humids even when the humidity is fine. This makes it a bit expensive because of the constant electricity it needs.

The Piano guard only begins to work when the humidity is under 45% or above 60%. In my country (the Netherlands) that means it is not doing anything for 50% of the time and only takes care of the extremes. It also has an App where you can monitor the Humidity. Small downside is that it takes a bit more time to install properly. There are 3 heaters and all the cables are pretty thick so it takes time to make it look clean.

So far the two grand pianos where I installed them improved tuning stability the same as a PLS normally does. For Grand pianos I will continue to use the Piano Guard in the future. 

Greetings,

Does anyone have experience using the new "Piano Guard Humidity Control System" being offered by the Professional Piano Technicians Network? It appears to do everything that the PLSS does with the added feature I have sought for years now: remote monitoring.

Thanks,

Alan