Storing valuable trumpets

[gergg]

They need to be kept where you have constant humidity many of the most expensive woods will crack with changing humidity. also its not good for Ivory.

What percentage humidity are we talking here?  My calls are in the same room as my gun cabinet so I have a dehumidifier in there.  It's a basement room with no windows.  It fluctuates from 35% to 50% in there.  I hope someone can answer this.  I just moved to a new house so I'm unfamiliar with what to expect.

Hey Allen....35% is a little low, ideally I would keep the room between 40-50% humidity. You know I build acoustic guitars, my build/storage room is kept at 45% year-round. I'm not sure it is as critical with a trumpet as a guitar, a guitar has a closed/glued box that shrinks and expands with humidity changes causing stress and subsequent cracks. I am always more concerned with low humidity...below 40%....as this will surely cause damage in a guitar and might as well with a trumpet. But the trumpet has more freedom to move due to the type of construction so I bet it would be less likely to crack, although I could see prolonged 35% or less humidity causing damage.....I keep mine in the guitar room...lol

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

Thank you for that answer Greg.  I know you would know and a turkey call IS a musical instrument.  I'll back off on the dehumidifier and monitor the levels.  Thanks again.

[perrytrails]

They need to be kept where you have constant humidity many of the most expensive woods will crack with changing humidity. also its not good for Ivory.

What percentage humidity are we talking here?  My calls are in the same room as my gun cabinet so I have a dehumidifier in there.  It's a basement room with no windows.  It fluctuates from 35% to 50% in there.  I hope someone can answer this.  I just moved to a new house so I'm unfamiliar with what to expect.

Hey Allen....35% is a little low, ideally I would keep the room between 40-50% humidity. You know I build acoustic guitars, my build/storage room is kept at 45% year-round. I'm not sure it is as critical with a trumpet as a guitar, a guitar has a closed/glued box that shrinks and expands with humidity changes causing stress and subsequent cracks. I am always more concerned with low humidity...below 40%....as this will surely cause damage in a guitar and might as well with a trumpet. But the trumpet has more freedom to move due to the type of construction so I bet it would be less likely to crack, although I could see prolonged 35% or less humidity causing damage.....I keep mine in the guitar room...lol

Great info here, should be a sticky. 
I can tell a change in my box calls through out the year.

[turkeyfanatic]

Someone might have mentioned this............I would rub them down with museum wax also known as renaissance wax each year.

[Trumpetyelper]

I keep mine in this case which was purchased at a local auction house for $50. I do apply renaissance wax to them annually.

[Jbird22]

I keep mine in this case which was purchased at a local auction house for $50. I do apply renaissance wax to them annually.

... Awesome collection of trumpets!

[Bennett]

Great collection trumpetyelper!

[nitro]

Dayum!!!! Very nice collection.

I keep mine in this case which was purchased at a local auction house for $50. I do apply renaissance wax to them annually.

[Terry]

I was thinking the same thing!!!

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