>
>
> >I think the item Pat mentioned is a little green rubber tube with holes in
> >it called a Dampit. It has a sponge inside, which you wet with distilled
> >water.
>
> Or you can easily make your own case humidifier by punching holes in a
> plastic film case and cutting a little piece of sponge to fit inside. (Ray
> Nurse's idea, not mine.)
>
> The humidifier doesn't have to go inside the instrument. But it's better to
> have it near the body than the pegbox, where it might make the pegs swell.
>
I get a big clear garbage bag and put my lute, in the case
inside, then I put in a small slightly damp rag, which I
moisten every day.
Wayne
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