On Sep 10, 2007, at 7:02 AM, David Rastall wrote: > The same sort of argument applies to humidity: the air in the case > is the same as that in the room outside it. So hanging the lute on > the wall does not necessarily expose the lute to more or less > humidity than it it would get in its case.
But I don't think the air in a closed case will change humidity as fast as the surrounding air. If, for example, I take a closed case from a room with 40% humidity to a room with 60% humidity, the air inside the case will not reach 60% humidity immediately, will it? Frankly, I don't know; I've always assumed this to be the case, no pun intended. So the case should protect the instrument from rapid changes in humidity. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
