 The Clarinet BBoard
|
Author: tdufka
Date: 2020-08-01 00:58
What do you use for humidification of your clarinet in dry weather or heated environments?
Has anyone tried this product: https://dampits.com/storenew/#!/Bass-Clarinet-Bassoon-Wing-Joint-Humidifier/p/11292767/category=2557871. ??
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: kdk
Date: 2020-08-01 04:40
I've used them when humidity is needed (mostly for loose rings) since my student days (1960s) and still do. They're also a go-to for string players. I'm not so sure about the instructions they give. Maybe some players put them inside the bores of their instruments - it would be a lot easier to do with a bass than with a soprano clarinet. But everyone I ever saw use Dampits with woodwinds arranged them in the case next to or around the instrument sections. Also, I'd wring it out a little more than the instructions suggest - you don't want water to drip out. You only want it to evaporate.
FWIW, I've also used orange peels scattered around the instrument inside the case, and I've tried cigar humidifiers with some lack of success.
Karl
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: tdufka
Date: 2020-08-01 08:28
Yes, I have heard that one should NOT put the Dampits inside the bore of the instrument as it is the imbalance between interior moisture and exterior aridity that can most easily lead to cracks.
Orange peels... interesting idea. Does it give the clarinet an orangey scent? :-)
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: kdk
Date: 2020-08-01 10:23
tdufka wrote:
> Yes, I have heard that one should NOT put the Dampits inside
> the bore of the instrument as it is the imbalance between
> interior moisture and exterior aridity that can most easily
> lead to cracks.
Apart from any contribution to cracking, I've always imagined that water evaporating inside the instrument could leave an unwanted film of moisture on the pads.
>
> Orange peels... interesting idea. Does it give the clarinet an
> orangey scent? :-)
Not really in the clarinet, unfortunately, or at least not that I ever noticed, although there is an orangey scent when you open the case. It was Hans Moennig's recommendation. Now that I've read the background on the website, I realize that Dampits, which the site says were only invented in 1966, must have been very new when I started using them, so I guess the orange peels were the conventional wisdom at the time. They're at least as effective as Dampits, but they dry out within a day or two and you have to put fresh ones in. Dampits have the advantage of being re-useable.
Karl
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2020-08-01 17:01
I used them in my clarinet and bass clarinet cases for decades. I NEVER put them in the bore, I'd make sure they were damp but not dripping and set them inside the case and check them daily when taking them outside of my studio.
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: kilo
Date: 2020-08-01 17:19
Boveda works well. I start putting two of the 58% level packs in my bass clarinet case in November and leave them in there until April.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
The Clarinet Pages
|
 |
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
