convince your wife of the retirement value of these drums in the future, and the present value for your personal wellbeing and sanity right now, then, sell her on a drum room in the main house.

Cool dry place, like your basement, with an appropriately sized dehumidifier.

B

Spoken by sheer Wisdom! We all know Women are hard to match in the long way around the barn dept. Sometimes you have to play their own game. I made a 1400.00 profit on the turning of a set of drums I had for less than a month and put very little into them. I gave my wife 1000. to just go and have fun with, or buy cloths, or whatever, and told her there is a ton of great deals on vintage drums, better than any stock you could get on wall street and now I have the Music Room downstairs, and a spare bedroom upstairs for drum towers...Sometimes you just have to be a little like them...

Didn't I say that already....twice? :p

Just throwing my hat into the dehumidification ring, too. Didn't mean to make you think I was trying to steal your thunder.

B

No problem Bill....just me trying to be funny....LoLoLoLo No worries....

All good here, L-D. My misinterpretation. Humor is good.

B

Depends on the condition of the basement as to whether the dehumidifier will be sufficient. We practice at my friend's basement and he has it running constantly and you can still feel the moisture. Depends on the condition of the attic as well. How many drums are you talking? If you're thinking of storing longterm in the basement or attic, maybe some can be nested and put in closets. . .

I like to pick up this interesting thread and throw in here an additional question:

Yes, my basement, where I placed two drumsets, has (especially in the time between winter and summer and between summer and winter) more humidity then during the rest of the year.

Means: it is recommended to ventilate the room a few times per day by widely (!) opening the window in order to avoid development of mould.

Let's furtheron guess, that at that moment the room temperature is 'normal' 18 °C (= 68 ° F) and outside there are -10 °C (= 14 °F).

Does the cold air, coming into the room (and surely it will stream in from the ground upwards), effect the wrap on my vintage drumsets?

Is there a danger of splitting in the wrap with a cold crack when this ventilation happens a few times per day, over the year/s again and again? Or do the wraps stand these different temperature switches, which each last for five minutes - not more - and then the room will be warmed up to room temperature again?

I should add that the drumsets are stored not in cases, but are positioned ready for playing them.

Appreciating greatly your expert's reports.

Ralf

First off, I would hate to pay your gas bill.

Secondly, I think that not too many people will actually have experience with rapid temperature changes on a daily basis and those effects on vintage drum wrap.

Lastly, I believe mostly everyone would avoid putting their drums in this environment, whether they had any experience, facts or not, just because it doesn't sound like a very good idea.

have a wonderful evening

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