Day 37 of Lock-down here, and I´ve been catching up on a few jobs.
Yesterday I succeeded in hanging my ukes and guitars on the wall, for easy access. I used to hang the hard cases but that didn't work too well, and the instruments didn't see the light very often. The double bass and tenor sax live nearby.
I tried lining them up on the sofa, but then there was nowhere to sit.
So -- now they all hang from pegs and can be easily lifted down when the whim strikes. No fumbling with catches or hoping they don´t emulate dominoes along the sofa.
The flaw in my method becomes obvious, as usual, after the fact.
I live in the very south of Spain, and we are just emerging from a very welcome wet spell, into what will likely be a scorching summer.
I have kept the double doors which lead from the music room to the balcony because they were from the house where the builder of my house grew up, and they are lovely, if rather ancient and ill-fitting. So the room always has air moving around. OK - it´s draughty, I like the doors.
So having successfully put my instruments at the mercy of the Spanish summer, I have realised that some attempt should be made to stop them desiccating as rapidly as their owner. The floor is tiled, would a bit of mopping in the morning be useful?
Any advice would be gratefully received.
Yesterday I succeeded in hanging my ukes and guitars on the wall, for easy access. I used to hang the hard cases but that didn't work too well, and the instruments didn't see the light very often. The double bass and tenor sax live nearby.
I tried lining them up on the sofa, but then there was nowhere to sit.
So -- now they all hang from pegs and can be easily lifted down when the whim strikes. No fumbling with catches or hoping they don´t emulate dominoes along the sofa.
The flaw in my method becomes obvious, as usual, after the fact.
I live in the very south of Spain, and we are just emerging from a very welcome wet spell, into what will likely be a scorching summer.
I have kept the double doors which lead from the music room to the balcony because they were from the house where the builder of my house grew up, and they are lovely, if rather ancient and ill-fitting. So the room always has air moving around. OK - it´s draughty, I like the doors.
So having successfully put my instruments at the mercy of the Spanish summer, I have realised that some attempt should be made to stop them desiccating as rapidly as their owner. The floor is tiled, would a bit of mopping in the morning be useful?
Any advice would be gratefully received.
