Chicago can be very humid in summer, and very dry in winter. I find that simply keeping a damp sponge (regular cheap kitchen type) in a sandwich baggie (flip top, not zip) in the case works well enough to humidify the case during the heating season. No need for an expensive purpose built humidifier.
You do have to be careful not to get too much water in the sponge - damp, not wet. And remember to check regularly (every few days) to re-wet it. But otherwise, it has been working well for me. -- Dennis Sherman Chicago, IL, USA http://www.dennissherman.com > >From: Augusto de Ornellas Abreu <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 6:31:13 AM >Subject: Re: [HG-new] Bassot's Italian brother > >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] >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. -- 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.
