 The Oboe BBoard
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Author: jhoyla
Date: 2010-11-24 15:11
I tend to agree with JRC.
The stresses caused by moisture may cause small cracks to form over time, but humidity changes inside the wood are likely to be gradual, not sudden.
The stresses caused by temperature differences can be very sudden and are a far more likely cause of massive cracking that can destroy a top-joint. There is a reason why all of the oboe web-sites tell you to warm up an instrument in your hands or armpits before you play them.
There are stories such as Susan's (please correct me if I am wrong): She left her instrument out during the interval of a performance in a cold draft, and actually heard it crack through the tone-holes.
http://www.woodwind.org/oboe/BBoard/read.html?f=10&i=9724&t=9721
If humidity had been the primary cause, it would have cracked while she was playing it - not after she stopped. It cracked because of the sudden temperature difference between the outside of the instrument and the inner bore. I know, I know - one case is hardly a statistically valid sample.
J.
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2010-11-23 14:41 |
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2010-11-24 15:11 |
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2010-11-24 17:01 |
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2010-11-30 19:34 |
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