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Re: In-Case humidifiers

Author: BartHx
Date: 2013-02-24 20:51

I keep a pill bottle in each case. Inside the bottle is a damp sponge and I have drilled holes around the top rim to allow vapor to escape. One of my instruments had several small cracks when I got it, but the price made it worth trying. It also had loose tenon rings. After a couple of weeks with the pill bottle, the rings were tight and the cracks were closed completely and needed no further attention.

I have a pre-war Kohlert that has been through just about anything you can put a clarinet through (indoor, outdoor, extremely hot parades, extremely cold football games, rain, dry, etc.) and never had any problem. I suspect that whether or not you need to humidify the case depends on the particular piece of wood used to make your instrument. On the other hand, I have a pill bottle humidifier in all my cases. I believe that a crack can be the result of excessive dryness, but no humidifier is going to get the humidity in the bore to what it is while I'm playing. My feeling is that, so long as you don't get mold or something, too high humidity is better than too low. Good quality, plant based bore oil will help regulate how rapidly the wood gains or loses water.

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