DC under cover

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

Wim,
I've got an S&S D here with an undercover and a piano cover.  The 
control on DCs works well.  It took the undercover to get the darn 
thing to stabilize.

Andrew Anderson

At 12:41 PM 5/22/2008, you wrote:
>One of my client has a small grand with a Piano Disc sitting in the 
>living room, overlooking the ocean. The dealer suggested to her to 
>keep the PD turned on all the time to help keep the moisture away. 
>The piano also has a string cover to protect the strings. When she 
>called to set up an appointment she mentioned that she and her 
>husband go the mainland for 2 or 3 months at a time, several times a 
>year, and wanted to know what else she could do to protect her new 
>piano. I suggested a full piano cover, which she is getting.
>
>I asked the dealer if he thought leaving the PD turned on the whole 
>time she is gone would be a good idea, especially with a full piano 
>cover, and he said no. So I want to put a DC under the piano. But 
>most DC are on pianos that are open, so the air can circulate. So my 
>question is, would the heat of the DC do damage to a piano that has 
>a full cover on it? Because of the constant wind from the ocean, the 
>temperature in the house doesn't fluctuate too much, from about 75 - 80.
>
>Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
>Piano Tuner/Technician
>Honolulu, HI
>Author of
>The Business of Piano Tuning
>available from Potter Press
>www.pianotuning.com
>
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