i’ve been hanging out on my sail boat about 4 days a week lately and my pipes and reeds have never sounded better or have been more behaved. i was a bit concerned at first because the gauge reads 90-94% every morning and drops to 56-62% by mid afternoon. i play an hour or so each morning and then the same at dusk. somehow i must be equalizing the moisture to the amount the reeds like. any of you have thoughts or experiencese in these conditions?
the sound of the pipes being played below 60-80 foot bluffs is incredable, the natural echo and beauty, i am definetly in my own movie 
best fom the cockpit, tansy
Hey tansy, get some plastic reeds. 
Ever looked at good cane, endgrain, through a microscope (or even good Magn. glass)? You’ll see all these little tiny drinking straws that inhale the moisture from the air, which likely feeds the rest of the blade.