There appears to be no definitive solution. To the extent that I do not live in an asylum for hyperactive children and orphaned flying squirrels, directly atop the san andreas fault, I'm in good shape. But it still sounds dicey. I may check into those bonsai plants myself.
thanks, Anthony. > Stephen > My lute developed a crack in the ebony veneer, in spite of being in > a case. I had it repaired, and someone suggested I should put a > "green snake" cello humidifier in the case to keep the lute humid > whenever the humidity dropped. I actually placed a hygrometer with > warning note in the case to call me when the critical point was > reached, and I should humidify the snake. > > The crack reappeared, and my lutemaker told me that the humidifier, > although it was not in contact with the lute, was probably the cause. > He said that, as the humidifier did not evenly distribute the > humidity, this local variation could be sufficient to restart the > process. > > I don't know whether he is right, but I am now wary, and worried. I > wish I had 30 Bonsais at the rescue. > Regards > > Anthony > > > Le 10 sept. 07 à 16:07, Stephen W. Gibson a écrit : > > > Actually, David, I didn't write that. Another contributor did. > > But your > > point is very well taken, unless, of course, the case contains one > > of those > > little humidifiers you soak in H2O. > > > > > > > > Does anyone recommend them? > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > From: David Rastall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 10:03 AM > > To: Stephen W. Gibson > > Cc: LUTE-LIST > > Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: hang 'em high > > > > > > > > On Sep 10, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Stephen W. Gibson wrote: > > > > > > > > the cases have to take up space > > > > somewhere, and they'll take up exactly the same amount of space with > > > > the instruments inside them. > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > David R > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- NeoMail - http://neomail.sourceforge.net
