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RE: dampits

Author: MRidgeP
Date: 2000-11-18 02:58

IMHO I believe it is better not to use Dampits in your clarinet case. Here are my reasons.

1. The Dampits hold very little moisture and you may need to fully soak them up to twice a day.
2. If using Dampits do not put them on the inside of your clarinet. I believe that this causes very uneven distribution and absortion of the moisture by the clarinet. This could even lead to cracking.
3. I've heard stories of the rubber from the Dampit reacting with the silver plating. I'm not sure what the effect was.

May I suggest that you take a small empty medication bottle, poke numerous holes in it, and insert a damp/wet spounge. Just stick this in your case. The spounge will not dry out for a long time and the distribution of the moisture will be more even.

Matt Ridge

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