Entertainment Articles | September 27, 2007 Temperature and humidity changes can gradually destroy aguitar and it�s often too late by the time we realize what�s happening. Readhere and learn how it happens and how to greatly reduce the risk of damage. An acoustic guitar is a remarkable piece of engineering. Itis at the same time quite fragile, yet also remarkably strong. The entirestructure is built around the need to produce a good sound while resisting theforce of approx 180 pounds (800N) of tension exerted from the strings which aretrying to pull the head of the guitar around toward the body. When this tensionsucceeds physics has won the battle and the guitar then ranges from difficultthrough to impossible to play. This can take a long time to occur, sometimesyears, and we only start to notice when it�s getting too late to save theguitar. Only an expensive guitar is worth repairing (if it is repairable) andit will need an expert guitar repairer, usually at great cost.��� � Extremes ...