Wooden instruments are built with a very specific geometry. Before it came to you, a master artisan used intense heat, moisture, and pressure to bend, shape, and mold raw wood into your beloved instrument. Everything was done in a climate-controlled workshop. Now it’s up to you to care for it and keep the wood in top shape. Fortunately, using a Boveda 2-way humidity control system makes it easy and pain free to properly humidify your instrument.
Regular practice and performance can put significant strain on an instrument. And if it experiences regular humidity swings, its delicate alignment can be thrown off or permanently distorted. Moreover, improper storage is the greatest danger to a wooden instrument’s health. That’s why it’s important to keep a Boveda humidity pack in your case. By storing your wooden instrument in the stable environment provided by Boveda, you can help it maintain its shape, its sound, and its overall health. Plus, you avoid paying for repairs due to cracking, warping, sagging, and other moisture-related damage.
So how do Boveda 2-way humidity control systems work? The company’s patented control systems are one-stop shops for all things related to instrument humidification. The automatic 2-way humidity control systems put everything in one no-mess package. They use a patented interior material that allows water vapor to pass through it and to the instrument. A pure water and natural salt solution is sealed inside a leakproof membrane and maintains a steady humidity level between 45 and 55 percent inside a closed instrument case. Say goodbye to soaking sponges, hoses, and disks before putting them in a fragile acoustic guitar.
If you store your instrument outside of its case, you can still humidify it with a Boveda Directional Humidity Control Starter Kit. Now it’s possible to show off your instrument while keeping it well-humidified at the same time. Directional Humidity Control kits come with a thick, vegan leatherette top shield to drive airflow directly into the instrument and protect it from humidity fluctuations. Soft fabric on the underside prevents scratching on your instrument. A Directional Humidity Control kit helps you keep your instruments ready to play and is intended for acoustic guitars, semi-hollowbody guitars, ukuleles, mandolins, and any other stringed instrument with a center soundhole.
Boveda doesn’t just make humidity products for guitars and basses: the company also manufactures solutions for small wooden instruments and bows. Their B-49-08 2-way humidity control packs are perfect for tight-fitting instrument cases such as oboes, clarinets, flutes, and other small woodwinds. Plus, you can use them in a case or tube for violin, viola, cello, and bass bows. B-49-08 packs prevent humidity fluctuations to limit bow hair movement and wood expansion and contraction.
