Pipe Organ Humidification
Pipe Organ Humidification
(OP)
I don't have specifics here but have been asked to give my opinion on the following:
Have you ever been involved in a church project, or more specifically, an auditorium with a pipe organ? I’ve been asked to determine how humidification can be accomplished in a large space with radiator heat to protect the organ’s leather baffles from drying out. Any suggestions?
Any thoughts?
Have you ever been involved in a church project, or more specifically, an auditorium with a pipe organ? I’ve been asked to determine how humidification can be accomplished in a large space with radiator heat to protect the organ’s leather baffles from drying out. Any suggestions?
Any thoughts?





RE: Pipe Organ Humidification
Pipe organs with leather bits have been in churches - heated and unheated - for centuries.
An occasional wipe-down with an appropriate protective product will do far more to protect the leather than any attempt to control humidity in the space.
RE: Pipe Organ Humidification
RE: Pipe Organ Humidification
He is looking at an in-space humidifier that is a centrifugal atomizer, a stand alone unit that doesn't connect to the forced air furnace. He found it here
http://www.humiditysource.com/products.html
RE: Pipe Organ Humidification
RE: Pipe Organ Humidification
I always wondered what they did when the church had no AC.
RE: Pipe Organ Humidification
They moved the stool a little to one side and carried on playing!
There really is little chance of controlling the humidity to any extent unless you look after the whole building or encase the bellows.