Hello all, Back for another moment from my phases of lurking/posting, I thought I’d add a little idea to the mix, plucked from my brief time as a student of lutherie at the Indiana University’s violinmaking programme in Bloomington, IN, USA. Tom Sparks, a Cremonese-trained maker and also award-winning fiddler, imparted daily nuggets of wisdom in addition to the daily curriculum of violinmaking instruction…one of these was about acclimatisation. Most people know that anything living can get acclimatised to new temperatures and humidities, such as you and I, and to an extent, our instruments. Tom recommended the following:
Within the case, the instrument should live in a silk bag with a drawstring. Since getting somewhere early is always important, here was an added perk: acclimatisation. Arrive an hour before your required instrument time. When you arrive, open the zipper or latches on your case, just a crack no more than a cm or two, to let in the first of air. (T minus 1h) 15 min later-open the case, keep the instrument in its silk bag. (T minus 45m) 30 min later-take the instrument out of the silk bag. (T minus 15m) 5 minutes or so, whenever you need to, tune up. The instrument should have acclimatised slowly to temperature and humidity by then. The silk bags were simple affairs, basically like pillowcases with drawstrings at the open end. Many were sewn by one of the local graduate assistants, a wonderful builder named Tomoko who now likes in Japan. Recycled silk works just as well as purpose bought. For whatever it’s worth! This was one of the coping mechanisms, which allowed for longevity of instrument and saved a lot of grief. It worked with the wood’s property for acclimatisation and avoid subjecting the instrument to brusque changes in temperature & humidity, by removing climate-barriers progressively. Greetings to all, Vlad On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Michael Muskett < [email protected]> wrote: > I have read many complaints that the HG always needs constant adjustments. > It occurs to me that beginners may not realise that hur dy-gurdies swell > and and contract with the changes in temperature and humidity, changing the > pressure of the strings on the wheel. > Bouin, writing in the 18th century, recommended that instruments should > be kept away from heat in a stable environment. wrote, 'On rising you > should place the vielle in your bed, covering it well. And tat was central > France where the climate is fairly stable. In Britain we are between two > weather systems in constant conflict.. . And the US with its many weather > systems. How do you cope? Sorry. I mean how do you manage? I am told that > Americans do not cope. They fix it. > Happy days. > > > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/hurdygurdy/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/hurdygurdy/topics> > > - Musette - 2 Updates > > Musette > <http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy/t/b766f35c677f3ee9?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Joosten Ulrich <[email protected]>: Apr 30 12:21PM +0200 > > If you like the idea you absolutely should check out: > > http://www.germandiaz.net/cardiofonico/ > > Best, > Ulrich > > Felicia Dale <[email protected]>: Apr 30 04:51PM -0700 > > Thank you, Ulrich! I’ll give this a look. > > Felicia. > > Back to top > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/hurdygurdy/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to [email protected]. > > > -- > -- > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
