humidifying tube

[Don]

Hi Dorothy,

They are called a "hydrocell". They probably do little harm--but they are
really not very useful for humidity control.

At 03:21 PM 2/27/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Friends,
>Recently I have seen, in an institutional and in a private piano, a
>device which was new to me. It is a plastic tube, white, about 3' long,
>small long slits in the side, yellow end caps, filled with
>I-don't-know-what absorbent material. The piano owners tell me that they
>soak the tube in the bathtub till it is heavy, wipe off the outside, and
>put it in the piano on the plate; they believe this provides needed
>"humidity" for the piano. When the tube feels light (about one week)
>they repeat the process.
>Has any of you ever heard of this approach? Does it help the piano? harm
>it? have no effect? I was a little alarmed when one customer said she
>didn't remember the name of the person she bought it from but he also
>sold clarinets.
>Thanks for any input.
>Dorrie Bell
>
>
>

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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