Or ensure you have plenty of house plants - well watered - (or a fish tank) in the same room (and a humidity reader just to check) that you keep your instruments in. It's worked here in the UK, anyway but then we don't get Arizona weather here do we?. Don't usually have problems over the small (relatively speaking) distances here. Mind you, at round £10, its pretty cheap. http://www.thestringzone.co.uk/cart.php?target=category&category_id=127 sells them for violin, cello and bass (depending on the size of the HG) complete with a card to tell you if you need to use it or not. Better than packing a potted palm or goldfish bowl in the case, I suppose. Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Kacalanos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [HG] Super dry weather and the tangent twist
> I've used tiny strips of paper for this. I wouldn't > use glue, since that would make the tangents thicker > for good, and then what would you do when it gets > humid? Your tangents would be too thick to turn. > > Also, as winter arrives, I'm taking this opportunity > to tell everyone who lives in a heated home, GET A > DAMPIT (or some other brand of humidifier) for your > hg. I keep mine in the tangent box, and don't have a > lot of problems with slipping tangents. In winter when > it's very dry, I have to redampen it every day, which > is a small price to pay for keeping my tangents > secure. > > Melissa > > --- Simon Wascher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > a nice hack is to use glue - superglue, titebond, > > else: you make the > > tangents foot thicker by rubbing a thin layer of > > glue onto it. WAIT > > TILL THE GLUE IS DRY *BEFORE* YOU PUT IT BACK I TO > > ITS HOLE. > > > > S. > > > > Am 16.10.2007 um 01:46 schrieb > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > I think I read somewhere that you can also use > > human hair in place > > > of thread. > > > > > > Anna > > > > > > -------------- Original message > > ---------------------- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Howdy all, > > >> > > >> I just got back from doing the Las Vegas > > Renaissance Faire > > >> and it was > > >> super dry yet again. While there I spent the > > majority of day one > > >> just trying to > > >> make the tangents stay put while I played. I > > tried the wetting > > >> trick and it > > >> worked until they shrunk and did the tangent > > tango again. I > > >> thought "I'll > > >> just use thread", only to find I didn't have any > > and was to lazy > > >> to go looking. > > >> So I invented (reinvented, stole, borrowed ect.) > > the idea of > > >> using cotton to > > >> tighten the tangents. I rolled it like thread, > > only thicker, and > > >> put it in > > >> place for the rest of the show and it worked > > great. > > >> > > >> If this has already been suggested for a > > temporary fix I > > >> thought I would > > >> mention it as I had not yet heard it. > > >> > > >> Scott > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ************************************** See what's > > new at http:// > > >> www.aol.com > > > > > > > > > > > > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Datum: 15. Oktober 2007 23:07:42 GMT+02:00 > > > An: [email protected] > > > Betreff: [HG] Super dry weather and the tangent > > twist > > > > > > > > > Howdy all, > > > > > > I just got back from doing the Las Vegas > > Renaissance Faire and > > > it was super dry yet again. While there I spent > > the majority of day > > > one just trying to make the tangents stay put > > while I played. I > > > tried the wetting trick and it worked until they > > shrunk and did the > > > tangent tango again. I thought "I'll just use > > thread", only to find > > > I didn't have any and was to lazy to go looking. > > So I invented > > > (reinvented, stole, borrowed ect.) the idea of > > using cotton to > > > tighten the tangents. I rolled it like thread, > > only thicker, and > > > put it in place for the rest of the show and it > > worked great. > > > > > > If this has already been suggested for a > > temporary fix I > > > thought I would mention it as I had not yet heard > > it. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > > > > See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your > > Homepage. > > > > --- > > have a look at: > > http://hurdygurdywiki.wiki-site.com > > http://drehleierwiki.wiki-site.com > > --- > > my site: > > http://simonwascher.info > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ > >
