Klarinet Archive - Posting 001024.txt from 1997/12

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: humidifiers
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 20:30:32 -0500

If I am not mistaken, 22% humidity is not enough for a piano, let alone
clarinets. However, I may be mixed up with cigars....which stay at 70%
humidity. Most piano technicians recommend a device that is attached
directly to the underside of the piano (or back of an upright)....a box is
filled with water which automatically adds the correct amount of water to
the humistat.....a heated element. Not sure how it works, but they have
been installed on most of our pianos at school. We are planning to get
one for our baby grand at home.

A humidifier is the best thing if there is nothing else though....we have
used one for years for the room we store Sara's cello in.

Roger Garrett
IWU

On Fri, 26 Dec 1997, David H Eby wrote:

> How about room humidifiers? We have a piano, an organ, a violin, a clarinet,
> and a classical guitar, and we started to use a humidifier for the music room.
> It keeps it at about 22% humidity. This was suggested by the piano tuner, who
> said that if the air gets too dry we can have problems with the piano sound
> board. I think as long as we use that, the other instruments can just stay out
> in the open, and benefit from it. Am I wrong?
>
> Helen Eby
>
> David C. Blumberg wrote:
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> > I prefer the humistats made by leblanc. They are a tube with cotton bottom
> > that releases water very slowly, and takes about a week to dry out. Not too
> > much, not too little water is released. $5 many mail prder places have them.
> >
> > David Blumberg
> > reedman@-----.com
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