Hi Howard,
Even in relatively dry climates gut somehow manages to absorb humidity
and swell over time.
Personally I would try to avoid lubricating the strings. Have you tried
cutting the end at an angle to slip it through? You could probably also
gently sand the last 5 mm or so of the end of the string with some very
fine emery paper without the risk of fraying or weakening.
Enlarging the bridge holes can be very straight forward with the
appropriate tools (I can send you a photo of the tools I use if you're
interested).
Best,
Matthew
On 29/06/2018 19:14, howard posner wrote:
I reconfigure the stringing on my archlute from time to time, which involves
moving some extension strings so that, e.g. the 8th course becomes the 12th for
one stringing B, then gets moved back for stringing A.
I now find that couple of gut extension strings won’t fit through bridge holes
that they always fit through before. I tried blow-drying the string ends, on
the assumption that they had swelled with humidity (not a sound assumption
where I live), without success.
So now, if I don’t want to string the whole instrument lighter, it seems I have
two options:
widening the bridge holes or lubricating the string ends. I’d like to try
lubricating first.
Does anyone have experience with string lube jobs? What do you use?
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