Traveling form very dry to very humid

[mklump2000]

Does anyone have some advise on traveling from very dry climate to very humid climate with mandolin? Years back i did so with a cheapy beginer and the top collapsed. thanks.

[keith.rogers]

Keep it in the case when you are not playing it. You might consider using a damp-it kind of product before you go to raise the moisture content of the wood so it doesn't try to suck in a bunch the moment you disembark. It's the rapid changes that usually cause those catastrophic failures/damage.

[Dave Weiss]

A couple of years ago we took a Carribean cruise. We went from <20% humidity to 90%> humidity. The only thing that I noticed was that I had to keep an eye on it and de-tune a couple of times a day for the first few days. I think the mandolin enjoyed the humidity and warm air as much as I did. It sure did sound good...

[bmac]

I would assume that taking it from a humid climate to a dry climate would be the dangerous route.... becasue the dry climate would cause shrinkage.throughout. But i have never had a shrinkage problem so that is just a guess. Although some of my mandos have cracks it happenedmany years before I owned them.