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Re: humidify clarinet case?

Author: Matt74
Date: 2021-08-13 01:36

When I said "didn't work too well" about the sealed plastic reed case I meant "made things worse". Every time you took a reed out it went from a moist environment to a very dry one. It warped.

Being a little dry doesn't make wood crack. It's the change from one to the other. Logs can sit at the bottom of a lake for centuries and be well preserved. It's when they start drying out that they crack. The inside is completely waterlogged, and the outside is only damp. Crack. Different parts of the wood change humidity at different rates. That's why it warps and cracks. It will also crack if it's very dry all the way through, and you suddenly add humidity to the outside (or bore).

A dry clarinet will change it's shape though. As wood dries it contracts parallel to the grain. The clarinet gets slightly oval. See image below....

- Matthew Simington

Post Edited (2021-08-13 02:00)

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