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  • 1.  Room Humidifier

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-04-2022 13:56
    Here at the University of Kentucky most of our rooms with pianos get humidity through the HVAC system. However one of the piano profs has moved to a room that is not on that system. Has anyone had success with a constantly running room humidifier? I have other pianos in non-humidified rooms with Dampchaser systems. The DC helps but those pianos are not as stable as the ones on the building humidifier system.

    The room humidifiers I see online don't seem to be designed for 24/7 use. Has anyone found one that is?

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    John Pope
    University of Kentucky School of Music
    Lexington, KY
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  • 2.  RE: Room Humidifier

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-04-2022 14:16
    Hi John,

    You may have seen my posts a while back about running some room humidifiers here at CalArts. We have some "techno-pianos" that cannot take full Dampp Chaser system (with water tanks), due to the presence of electronics. On those instruments, we have DC humidistats and drying rods ONLY. Added moisture in those applications is achieved by the room humidifiers.

    If low humidity is the only issue (in other words, high humidity is not also an issue at times), then a room humidifier alone with the appropriate capacity could certainly do the job. Please bear in mind, though, that the unit needs to be filled on a daily, or nearly daily basis (and, of course, kept plugged in!).

    We use room humidifiers made by Venta. Their "comfort-plus" line includes a built-in humidistat. We have been using them for a couple of years now and have received good service from them.

    One particularly fastidious private client has both a room humidifier AND a room DE-humidifier. Both units are governed by a very accurate digital "brain." (In addition, he also has DC systems on both pianos in the room. Did I mention that he is fastidious?)

    Hope that helps,

    Alan



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    Alan Eder, RPT
    Herb Alpert School of Music
    California Institute of the Arts
    Valencia, CA
    661.904.6483
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  • 3.  RE: Room Humidifier

    Posted 11-04-2022 14:21
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    Here's my favorite.  I have half a dozen of these that I use here at the University of Regina.


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    Floyd Gadd RPT
    Regina SK
    (306) 502-9103
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  • 4.  RE: Room Humidifier

    Posted 11-04-2022 14:22
    I see Amazon lists the one I linked to as currently unavailable, but it's worth hunting around elsewhere.

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    Floyd Gadd RPT
    Regina SK
    (306) 502-9103
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  • 5.  RE: Room Humidifier

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-06-2022 09:54
    Humidifier


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    Larry Messerly, RPT
    Bringing Harmony to Homes
    www.lacrossepianotuning.com
    ljmesserly@gmail.com
    928-899-7292
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  • 6.  RE: Room Humidifier

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-09-2022 10:13
    Thanks everybody! I'm going to try one of Floyd's Favorite. It comes highly recommended is pretty inexpensive and Amazon is showing it as available in my local!

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    John Pope
    University of Kentucky School of Music
    Lexington, KY
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