Klarinet Archive - Posting 000089.txt from 2009/09

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] desert climates?
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:10:34 -0400

I have lived here in Las Vegas for a long time and I don't know anyone
that does anything special or has had any problems. It is changes in
humidity that have the potential to cause problems, not constant low
humidity.

Gary
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Curtis Bennett wrote:
> 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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