Dear David, Blankets of such foil are used by athletes to preserve body heat when they have just run a marathon. I have used my son's marathon foil for many years to keep instruments cool in the car, usually with various garments strewn on top to keep everything in place and to add extra insulation. It works a treat.
Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Tayler Sent: 26 July 2010 18:29 To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Max safe temp for a lute. Black is a bad color for lute cases. Even a short trip in a car can really heat up the case. However, a space blanket works great and can be folded and stowed easily in the car. A space blanket (just fancy aluminium foil) can be had for a few dollars at a camping store. Sometimes if the lute has to be checked on a plane it can sit on the tarmac for a considerable time, and here the black case is a real liability. dt At 11:38 AM 7/25/2010, you wrote: >Living in sub-tropical Florida, it always appeared foolish that so >many musical instrument cases were made only in black. At least for >cellos, that has now changed and they can be gotten in white, or a >number of other colors (lighter than black). I see many black lute >cases, though I recently got a lute in a dark green case. To me, a >light color seems practical; even in northern climes a lute case >carried in the sun can build up heat quickly. I suspect that case >makers who use some kind of fabric on the outside of the case are >concerned about them showing abrasive marks if of a light >color. I'm more concerned with them getting hot. > >Ned >On Jul 25, 2010, at 1:37 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > >> I recall a lute Society of America seminar in 1979. It was in > >> Barrington, Rhode island. > >> > >> The temperatures were in the high 90's F., but the humidity has also > >> in the 90's. > > > > More important than the recorded temperature, temperatures inside cars > > would have been far higher. > > > > My home here on long island is nicely shaded by trees, the lute inside it > > has not self-destructed even without aid of a/c in spite of recent weeks > > when recorded temps exceeding 100 F held for several days. Interior temps > > were mid 90's at times. > > > > Pretty sure its the car parked in the parking lot whose interior easily > > gets over 120 that was the culprit; that, and the black-fabric covered > > case left in direct sun by a window or on the sidewalk while > > packing/unpacking. > > > > -- > > Dana Emery > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
