thank you for the advice :)
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Simon Wascher <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > Am 14.10.2010 um 13:51 schrieb blacksmith: > > Can someone tell me what level of humidity should be kept in my house >> for care of my hurdy gurdy please? >> > > the gurdy preferes a good medium humidity 50% to 60% but it does not mind > slow changes in a range of 30% to 80% of *relative* *humidity* (thats about > the same range as for keeping homo sapiens sapiens sane) > > This was the answer, here come some more words for thouse who are not > familiar with the topic of humidity, but interested (a gurdy player should > be interested:-) : > > I marked *relative* *humidity* because they are important for the meaning > of the percentage numbers: relative humidity is the content of water in > aerially form in the air. If the water can be felt as wetness its not > humidity, its liquid water which is dangerous for the gurdy (i am not sure > about the english terms its humidity as "Luftfeuchtigkeit" vs "Nässe"). > > Relative humidity is relative because its depending on the temperature (and > airpressure). Air can keep a certain amount of water in gaseous condition at > a certain temperature, the percentage is telling how much of this potential > is used. > > Why all the words: any change of temperature changes the relative humidity. > This can have very nasty effects if you bring a cold gurdy into a warm room: > the water from the warm air may condense on the gurdy into liquid water. > Related effect when playing in open air whilst the air is cooling down (in > the evening): the air's potential to keep gazeous water is decreasing, the > instrument gets wet as the water is falling out. > Other way round, if cold air gets warmed up the potential of water that can > be kept by the air is increasing, the air gets relatively dryer - this is > the basic humidity problem of cold winters: the air in the room gets heated, > and therefore relatively dryer. As the air tends to fill its potential for > gaseous water it is grabbing the humidity out of anything around, from human > to hurdy gurdy. > > 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. -- The Bearded Blacksmith -- 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.
