Ed, I think there's a dot somewhere on the card, maybe upper right or upper left, possibly about 12mm in diameter and you use the Mark I eyeball to compare the color of the dot with the scale of colors and relative humidity along the left hand side of the card. Don't have one in front of me, or even in the house to check for certain. Best, Steve
Ed Durbrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi All, > >A few moments ago, I consulted the web page Shar Music operates. >They're probably the major catalog purveyor of stuff for bowed >stringed instruments. You'll find their site at www.sharmusic.com. >It offers some interesting reading. > >Regarding humidity, if the relative humidity outdoors is in the >range listed in the first column below, they suggest maintaining >humidity in the environment in which the instrument is stored >according to the second column. They don't offer any info for >locations where the humidity hovers around 70 to 80 percent; maybe >that's not seen as a problem. > >Outdoors Inside >0 - 20 percent 30 percent >30 - 40 30 - 40 >40 - 60 40 - 50 Interesting. I better get a second hygrometer to put outside. >They sell quite a range of hygrometers and humidifying devices. >Among them are the "Dampit" products known to all players of >violins, violas and cellos. The Dampit comes with a card that has >something like litmus paper on it that shows humidity. > Those cards recommend 50 percent as an ideal humidity to maintain >inside the instrument case. I've never figured out those cards. Just what color is it supposed to be, and where on the card is it supposed to be that color? -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
