Wow--I just popped a gut (literally) with recent huge drops in humidity. It had been rather steamy for some time here in southeast Pennsylvania. I guess I could have kept my tuning on the flat side, because when the air dried, the treble popped overnight in my case. (Air conditioning in my house is provided primarily by fans, which doesn't help when those atmospheric changes come into play.)
Regards, Leonard Williams On 9/7/05 10:16 AM, "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > During periods of low humidity, as many of us know, a lute > undergoes internal stress, and can even break "spontaneously". > > I wonder (assuming I'm allowed to do that) whether string > tension helps or hurts a lute in these conditions. > > In other words, in passing thru a desert, should one loosen > the strings, or leave them at normal tension to somehow > "brace" the lute? > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
