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Re: Tips for playing in the cold?

Author: hautbois
Date: 2007-11-28 13:31

For your hands, find some gloves without fingertips. I cut off the tips of some silk glove liners. You can slip the handwarmers mentioned in an earlier post into the glove, or under a terry wristband on the underside of your wrist where the blood flows closer to the skin. And keep the instrument slipped into your jacket and under your arm as a minimum protective measure. This is necessary even if your instrument is not made of wood, as even though a non-wood instrument is less likely to crack, it is still subject to expansion and contraction which affect the freedom of movement of the keys, shape of the toneholes, and whether water will collect in the toneholes from condensation in the cold. If I had a a wooden instrument in that circumstance, I just would not do it. Insist at the very least that they get a binder to insure your instrument for top dollar.

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