Musical instruments come in different shapes and sizes. Whether you are a musician or not, you would know that musical instruments need to be properly taken care of to preserve not only their aesthetics, but also to avoid damaging the quality of the sound they make. Eventually, there will be a time when you would have to store them together with other things inside a storage unit if you lack extra storage space at home. But how can you make sure that they are properly stored? Here are ways for you to safely store your musical instruments in a self-storage unit.
1. Clean Them Up Before Storing
Take note that anything you put up for storage needs to be thoroughly cleaned first, so you need to do the same with your musical instruments. Clean every part of the instrument and use appropriate cleaning tools for it. This will help prevent dirt from piling up on your instruments.
2. Store Them in their Original Case
Avoid randomly storing your musical instruments in boxes. It is best to store any of them in their original cases because those cases are made specifically to hold your instrument in place. If the case is broken or has some damage, it would be best to get a new case, so you can be sure that your instrument is safely stored.
3. Make Sure to Take Them Apart
This goes for instruments that need to be taken apart when being put up for storage. For stringed instruments, you can loosen their strings as tight strings can warp the instrument, but remember to also not remove them. The same goes for bowstrings. For other instruments, you can take off their mouthpiece, remove their reeds, as well as loosen the drumheads. For pianos, no need to detach or remove anything because their strings are made to withstand strong pressure.
4. Wrap Large Instruments
Instruments like drum sets and pianos that normally do not come with cases because of their size, it would be best for them to be wrapped with a tarp to protect them from dusts, mildew, pests, and humidity. You can also go ahead and wrap the piano legs, pedals, and benches with heavy paddings.
5. Safely Store Them
After you thoroughly cleaned, wrapped, and packed your musical instruments, you can now store them in a self-storage unit. See to it that you place them on top of the shelf and on top of other items. Avoid putting other items on top of the instrument case and make sure you do not leave them on the floor.
For storing musical instruments, we suggest that you get a climate-controlled unit because this will help keep them away from temperature fluctuations and moisture.
We hope that these tips have been helpful for storing your musical instruments.
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