Klarinet Archive - Posting 000087.txt from 2009/09

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] desert climates?
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:05:33 -0400

I think you'll get mixed views on oiling, but keeping the humidity up in the
case is very important when you live in a dry climate. Putting those
humidifiers in the horn isn't the best of moves, but there are a number of
good case humidifiers out there.

If you can't find one of the pretty ones, take a medicine bottle, poke holes
in it and put a damp sponge inside. I know others who swear by a piece of
orange peel inside the case as well.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Fifth Circle Audio
Long Beach, CA
http://www.fifthcircle.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curtis Bennett [mailto:curtis.bennett@-----.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 11:01 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] desert climates?
>
> I've just recently moved to Phoenix (from Oklahoma), and a
> fellow clarinet player here was telling me that I should be
> sure to keep my horn oiled regularly, and she also suggested
> a sort of humidity insert to keep inside my clarinet while
> it's in its case, because of the lack of natural humidity here.
>
> I wanted to get some expert opinions on this. Is she right,
> or is she an alarmist?
>
>
> --
> Curtis Bennett
>
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