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Archives for November 2017

Winterising your instrument

18th November 2017

I’m just back from a holiday in Japan where they take preparations for winter seriously. I’d been particularly keen to see some of the gardens, and was intrigued to find that the gardeners spend a huge amount of time and effort tying tall posts into the pine trees, from which they suspend ropes to support the longer lower branches against the weight of heavy snow, which could break them. For our instruments we don’t have to go to these lengths, but some thought is nevertheless worthwhile. The … [Read more...]

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