Humidity Damage To The Violin Occurs Only In Extreme Conditions

The violin, so long as you don't directly touching the water in the violin case is not particularly dehumidification, if the violin case is the rain is wet, wet into the violin case, to put the violin case to open a dehumidifier room dehumidifier (about a night is enough), and then wipe off the rim with dry cloth, temporarily put the violin in a safe dry place. Usually there is canvas outside the violin case. If the umbrella is not big enough and the outside gets a little wet, you don't need to pick up the violin to dehumidify it, just dry it.

When receiving a violin at home, want to be put in general indoor only (be like sitting room, study, bedchamber) can, proposal front is put flat, unless your home is in the place such as moist hill land, seaside, hot spring area, basement, otherwise do not need to place dehumidifier dehumidification intentionally.

Violin is to keep the best humidity in relative humidity of 50%-70%, but this data is for those with a history of more than one hundred Eric clapton, and that the bow is sensitive to the reaction of the humidity, if jean box open to find the bow hair than last time also had a loose very much, on behalf of the humidity is high, if put the harp in very dry ling gas room, will find bow hair will be tight, on behalf of the humidity is low. Some cases contain a pointer hygrometer, but it is usually not accurate enough to be used as a reference. Electronic hygrometers are also readily available and are more accurate.

Humidity on violin damage often occurs only in extreme circumstances, in Europe and the United States sometimes even lower in the winter, only 20% of humidity, which can cause wood split dangerous, but it's not easy to happen at home, the humidity is too high, water is usually almost directly to harp on the extent that will result in each part of the body may come unglued, so-called degumming, is that the joint parts of loose, degumming of the most common site in the neck and fingerboard and clip harp under the chin rest, because in hot weather there has long been one of sweat and body temperature, so will be easy to degumming,It is recommended to play with a small handkerchief or square on the chin rest when sweating.

The price of the violin and the production of a great difference, beginners use is very cheap but practical children's violin, humidity on its impact is actually not big, but to pay attention to do not let the children fall or bow to knock the violin. If there is really a situation of degumming, if the situation is not too serious, usually maintenance costs will not be too high, it is not a serious violin problem, so you can rest assured. But the mechanical children's violin is difficult to say, humidity has a great influence on this kind of violin, especially the finger-board chord axis is not ebony, do not know what is the wood! The fingerboard is particularly prone to deformation and fracture of chord axes.