Re: Need advice for using and keeping 1921 Gibson A
Even given all of the above good advice, those old Gibsons are pretty tough birds to have lasted this long. No real need to use super-light strings; medium is okay. My advice is to bone up on the effects of humidity and dryness, then simply assume that it's your own brand new $3K or $4K instrument (two or three times what it's actually worth?) and treat it accordingly.
FWIW: Here in summer-humid NJ/NY, summer A/C virtually never takes the house below 50% humidity.
And please don't do anything so foolish as to have it "restored"!
- Ed
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