I learned many years ago about soap and chalk for pegs (I would think chalk would have more 'bite' than talk) - and i keep a small remnant of a piece of chalkboard chalk, and a small remnant of a bar of soap conveniently hidden in a corner of all my lute cases (with a small remnant of a pencil to apply graphite to the nut grooves if needed). trj
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel F. Heiman <heiman.dan...@juno.com> To: 'David van Ooijen' <davidvanooi...@gmail.com>; 'lutelist Net' <Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; akbutler <akbut...@tiscali.co.uk> Sent: Thu, Aug 13, 2015 9:31 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Soap & Talc, quick question There are various commercially-available remedies as well: [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuning_peg#Peg_dope Whatever you use, apply it sparingly, and realize that you may have to remove some or all of it if the application does not improve the situation. Daniel -----Original Message----- From: [2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [[3]mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of David van Ooijen Sent: 13 August, 2015 06:02 To: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: Soap & Talc, quick question Love that typo. ;-) David On Thursday, August 13, 2015, David van Ooijen <[1][4]davidvanooi...@gmail.com> wrote: I use talk only. Baby powder. David On Thursday, August 13, 2015, andy butler <[1][2][5]akbut...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: I'm about to change strings on my lute, and I understand that applying a soap/talc mix to the pegs will help with tuning. So, is that a 50/50 mix? Should I add any water? any tips gratefully received kind regards andy To get on or off this list see list information at [2][3][6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [3][4][7]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [4][5][8]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* -- References 1. [9]mailto:[6]akbut...@tiscali.co.uk 2. [7][10]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 3. [11]mailto:[8]davidvanooi...@gmail.com 4. [9][12]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [10][13]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [11][14]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* -- References 1. [15]mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 2. javascript:; 3. [16]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 4. javascript:; 5. [17]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 6. javascript:; 7. [18]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 8. javascript:; 9. [19]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 10. [20]mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 11. [21]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ -- References 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuning_peg#Peg_dope 2. mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu 3. mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu? 4. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 5. mailto:akbut...@tiscali.co.uk 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 7. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 8. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 9. mailto:[6]akbut...@tiscali.co.uk? 10. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 11. mailto:[8]davidvanooi...@gmail.com? 12. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 13. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 14. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 15. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com? 16. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 17. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 18. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 19. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 20. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com? 21. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
