Thought I would post bigger photos of both my uke cabinet and my bass uke/mini electric bass racks.
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Thought I would post bigger photos of both my uke cabinet and my bass uke/mini electric bass racks.
See my avatar, all hanging on leather straps on the tuners from brass screws with hooks inside a humid control cabinet.
I have THREE cabinets like yours but twice as high , how did you humidify the cabinet. Looks like glass suspended from bottom, what is underneath
I'm going to get opinionated here for a moment: I sometimes think that, in order to create a cottage industry making hard-shell cases and nifty humidifiers, some folks started a rumor that hanging your uke up is the path to ruin. Now, most wooden violins are still made with hide glue, but ukes are not. Hide glue, with sufficient humidity and ambient heat, will indeed give up the ghost -- and that's still a rare occurrence. Most uke makers I know of use a more modern version aliphatic resin glue, which tolerates humidity and heat quite well.
The other issue has to do with the expansion/contraction of wood with changes in temperature and/or humidity. The basic uke design takes this into account quite nicely. Unless the instrument was made with badly seasoned wood in the first place it can take quite a lot.
I love ukes not only to play, but to look at. If it's in a case it's not being played and it's rendered invisible. I have no argument with -- nor intend no criticism of -- folks who do the case/humidifier thing. There's nothing wrong with that, and there is some potential good in it. However, it's not for me. There are times when that case would be just enough of an impediment to keep me from playing and and off through the day
There are two trays on the shelf at the bottom with covers that I slide open and closed or remove as the humidity changes. There's one analog and one digital hygrometer.
Just a tray of water with cover will solve this problem. The water just evaporates in cabinet? Seems like it is too simple. I have the meters in each case like yours and have not so far had this problem
Hi everyone,
What are your views on hanging your (most expensive) ukulele? I don't trust wall mounts but have the parachord ukulele hangers from ukulelehangers.com and am thinking about hanging mine from a metal bar I have in this little cubby like area in my bedroom...
All opinions welcome!