buxus a écrit :Très bien cette approche de l'importance de l'humidité, merci Isabelg.
Bien sûr, ce facteur contribue aux qualités de résonance et d'élasticité d'un bout de bois.
Je ne me suis pas aventuré sur ce terrain, mais une fine équipe à Florence et Gênes (luthier + scientifiques), s'occupe de la bonne conservation de "Il Cannone", célèbre violon de del Gesu, ayant appartenu à Paganini. Ils font des mesures de maintenance dans tous les sens, pour voir ce qui le ferait vieillir prématurément, comme l'humidité ou la sécheresse.
Merci bien Buxus! je viens de voir qu'il existe déjà des actes de conférence à son sujet
http://www.paganini.comune.genova.it/pd ... so2004.pdf, dans lequel j'ai trouvé des éléments de réponse au sein d'un article que je lirai de manière plus approfondie:
"When the thickness is small, only a few mm, the time
is drastically reduced, up to 20 or 25 hours.
In this case, even a short-term variation may be
considered a critical time for wood that experiences
the effect of the variation to a large extent.
In the case of musical instruments, where thicknesses
are small, even variations of a short period may thus
become important.
In the case of wood, in addition to the entity of the
variation, the field of values in the area in which it
takes place is also very important, for the effects that
this may have on the diffusion co-efficient of the
wood (that expresses the speed with which the
humidity travels inside the material).
This varies principally as a function of the kind of
wood and thickness (figure 2), but may also be
influenced by the field of humidity in the area in
which the variation takes place.
A variation of 10% in relative humidity that happens
for example between 45% and 55% has a different
effect than a variation that happens between 55%
and 65% or between 65% and 75%, because the
diffusion co-efficient increases with the increase in
relative humidity.
At a higher level of relative humidity, then, a
variation in humidity can produce a decidedly
different effect."
Et également une très jolie citation qui pourrait bien devenir la seule conclusion de ce sujet:
"Musical instruments closed up in display cases
are destined to de-hydrate and die. It’s the heat
and sweat that the musician emanates, in fact,
that nurtures them and keeps them alive."
Lorin Maazel1