<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/14/2005 9:26:42 AM Central Standard Time, stranges@Oswego.EDU writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Here's my question:<BR><BR>My gear as well as all of ours, gets on the heavy side= . I'm lazy.<BR>Most nights I *do* bring it in the house- and mostly out of concern  <BR>of theft and my accu-cheater getting damaged by the temperature.<BR><BR>But I am wondering if all my expensive tools might not= apprieciate  <BR>the same consideration?<BR>Can these become damaged/rusted/??? Should I just make a habit of  <BR>bringing my gea= r in every night?<BR><BR>I leave strings and stringing tools outside all the ti= me- but I'm   <BR>now wondering about all these as well.<BR>I know L= OTS of people who regularly leave their stuff in the car.<BR><BR>Anyone?<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Actually, the tools, etc., are probably not going to harmed as much by = the low temperatures as the strings. If you're going to take anything in, it nee= ds to be the strings, especially the bass strings, and probably your SAT and glues. As long as the tools don't get wet, they should be OK. </DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>