Author: oboi
Date: 2014-02-15 23:28
My bell ring is loose quite often, especially if I've left it out on its stand for a while, not in its normal case (which has 3 water pillows!), or haven't played it for a while. It is somewhat loose now, but not falling off, compared to this summer, where it was fairly snug. The time when it purely fell off (during a concert!) was the same time period where I had a sticky C# key, because the wood shrunk and the posts came too close together, and I did some emergency hydration (lots of orange peels and probably stuff I shouldn't do). So if your bell is falling off, that may be a warning you need to keep it more humidified somehow. In the past, I've remedied the bell issue specifically by putting a water pillow inside the bell, and also orange peels (carefully!). I normally don't do the peels because I'm afraid it will rot, but it does wonders. But yeah, 3 water pillows year-round in the case in a 40-60% humidity house and it is doing not too bad. If it looks underhydrated, add an orange peel to the case for a day or two.
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