Sorry to barge in here, but this might also be a cultural misunderstanding. It's been my experience that German speakers can sometimes come off as quite direct or even brusque to those of us who aren't from the area - it took me a few years of living in Germany to really get used to it. Having had a number of lessons with Simon myself, I can say that he's a very cool guy in person and is probably just worried about you and your gurdy. :)
What sort of case humidifiers are you looking at, Augusto? Maybe one of us on the list could help you out? Greetings from Berlin, Sam On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Augusto de Ornellas Abreu < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to get a case humidifier, but there's no such thing in my part > of the WORLD (we only have those silly "dampits" for guitars). I'll try and > IMPORT a serious case humidifier in the next few months, before the next dry > season. > > not every place and country has access to stuff like you do so easily... > The closest HG teacher, for example, is at least 10 THOUSAND kilometers > away... I also have to procure strings OVERSEAS... > > well, it's part of the fun of playing such a different instrument, but I do > resent a little bit this kind of tone... > > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Simon Wascher <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Am 06.10.2010 um 07:52 schrieb Augusto de Ornellas Abreu: >> >> My problem is exactly the opposite >>> for some reason, during our dry season (we get 10% humidity here for over >>> three months!), many of my keys start to stick. Logic would tell me that it >>> should be the opposite (a wood expands with humidity)... >>> >> >> the reason is simple and logic: If the tangentbox gets very dry the boards >> of the box get warped, the tangents get fixed by the warped board. >> >> 10% humidity here >>> >> >> sorry, this is far beyond all limits acceptable. either humidify the air >> in which the instrument is kept or live with that problems. >> >> kind regards, Simon >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "hurdygurdy" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<hurdygurdy%[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy >> >> The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at >> http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from >> new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hurdygurdy%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from > new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
