by musicsorb | Jul 30, 2015 | Guitar talks, Violin talks, Wood Instruments
“Today I was playing my rosewood guitar in an air conditioned room (not a particularly good room for acoustic sound) and the guitar sounded really full and pleasant. After finishing up I took my guitar through to the porch where the door was wide open and left it... 
by musicsorb | Jul 29, 2015 | Humidity Control for Musical Instruments, Wood Instruments
It’s strange to think of inanimate objects passing through a process of evolution, becoming better at what they do and finding their own little niche, but when it comes to musical instruments that’s exactly what happens. You only have to compare today’s piano to the... 
by musicsorb | Oct 4, 2014 | Guitar talks
As campaigns go, it’s not exactly up there with saving the rainforests, ending global warming or squishing malaria mosquitoes, but the attempt, proposed by some guitar manufacturers, to force music stores to standardize their temperature and humidity levels is... 
by musicsorb | Sep 10, 2014 | Guitar talks, Humidity Control for Musical Instruments
By MusicSorbOnLine.com In “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” Amy Chua describes how she would force her children to sit at the piano and practice. It’s an account that reads like something from a horror film and you wonder how, left alone to practice scales, the... 
by musicsorb | Sep 7, 2014 | Guitar talks, Humidity Control for Musical Instruments
If you’re not going to use it for a while, the best place to keep your guitar (or other instrument) is inside a hard case, detuned, and with something to maintain a steady level of humidity. For those of us who prefer to reach for our guitars and practice a tune at a...
