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Case hygrometers

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-01-22 02:07

What is available to indicate the relative humidity level inside a clarinet case? I've been experimenting with Humistat products, but I find the hygrometer readings unreliable - sitting 4 or 5 of them next to each other around a desk hygrometer produces varying readings. I don't imagine a difference of 4 or 5 percent would matter much, but these vary by as much as 15% (i.e. 38% - 53%), which I think probably matters if measuring the humidity matters at all when using humidifiers in the case.

My room humidity where I keep my instruments tends during the winter to be 35% - 40% even with a "whole-house" humidifier installed on our forced-air gas furnace. I think the instruments should be stored at higher humidity than that - I've gotten less-often used instruments out and found loose rings and sometimes even binding keys owing to shrinkage in the wood. But I'd really like to know what the level is when I put a humidifier like the Humistat untits or even Dampits in. I'd rather not wait until I find damp keys or standing water at one end of my case.

What is your experience with Humistat hygrometers? Are there better ones small enough to fit inside an Eb or Bb clarinet single case?

Is there a reliable hygrometer in a desktop size anyone can recommend that I can reliably use as a comparison standard to check the accuracy of the smaller ones?

Karl

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