Things to Consider When Storing Musical Instrument

For many people, moving their belongings is exciting experience but for some people it is the stressful activity.  The storage unit is very important for all and every person need the storage at their certain period of time in their life. However, you can store any type of belongings in the storage unit but according to your requirement, you need to choose the best unit with proper size and facilities. If you are a musician and want to store your music instruments then you will not be able to appreciate just how music instrument can be destroyed easily through shaking, down falling or temperature changes. Therefore, you need to write fragile on all of the boxes.

Whether you store your belongings for long term or short term, Storage space Sheffield allows you the best facilities so you don’t need to worry about your music instruments. It is vital to take the essential step while you are packing your musical instruments. Safety is most important when you are storing these types of belongings so be sure and follow the below instruction and steps.

# Brass, Piccolo and Woodwind Instruments:

Firstly, these instruments need to pack wisely. Likewise, use the boxes and hard case that are made up with high-quality material. However, if you don’t have this type of material for storage then use bubble wrap plastic and wrap around your individual piece because this is the easiest way to store your brass, piccolo and woodwind instrument. Moreover, this item needs extra care because during moving process that instruments jump into another instrument. If you are using the boxes for packing this instruments and found extra space in boxes then use cushion, towel, bed sheet and old newspaper for filling up the space.

# When packing stringed instruments: 

Violin, harp, guitar, banjo, cello, viola etc. needs extra protection during packing or moving. Therefore, start packing with string, the string needs to be loosened so you will get the fewer chances of stretching. The keys of the instruments will need parallel with the headstock. When you pack the instrument in the hard case then you need to wrap the paper or fabric. Don’t use the shredded paper or material because they get stringed with the instruments. 

Additionally, use tape and seal your bubble wrap bag with your instruments. In this way if your instrument will be dropped while moving then you don’t need to worry about breakage. In addition, add some crumble paper, old news paper or bubble wrap so you can get more stability while moving boxes. Use marker and label the boxes so you can identify your instrument while emergency. You can also get the exact instrument what you want and you don’t need to unpack another instrument.