billkilpatrick - 4-22-2009 at 12:27 AM
apologies if this has been covered before.
in response to the question "opening up - science or perception" over on the mandolin.cafe site, someone posted the following article:
http://www.scoraig.com/arts/abeavitt/humiditycycling.htm
i first heard of singing into your instrument to warm it up here at mike's and contrary to what i'd thought - viz. the maturing of an instrument and
its subsequent mellowing or opening-up - vibration doesn't count as much in the process as humidity.
stringy salutations - bill
patheslip - 4-22-2009 at 11:04 AM
If this is so then any instrument left out of its case in an english spring should be sorted quite quickly.
Especially one as glorious as this one.
For those poor souls not here, we're enjoying bright sunshine by day, warm enough to sit out in comfort, with slight frost at night. Flowers and
fresh leaves everywhere and the air like champagne ought to taste, and it's non alcoholic. 