[LUTE] Re: Loose bars?

2017-04-14 Thread sterling price
.edu" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 2:35 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Loose bars? I have actually had buzzing from the tag ends of strings at the bridgeâthey were long enough and so oriented as to buzz against the soundboard. A little like the trompette on a

[LUTE] Re: Loose bars?

2017-04-14 Thread Leonard Williams
I have actually had buzzing from the tag ends of strings at the bridge—they were long enough and so oriented as to buzz against the soundboard. A little like the trompette on a hurdy-gurdy, I suppose. Leonard On 4/13/17, 9:44 PM, "sterling price"

[LUTE] Re: Loose bars?

2017-04-14 Thread fournierbru
price <spiffys84...@cs.dartmouth.edu> Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Loose bars? My 45 year old Rubio lute had more than buzzing; it was rattling. The braces had come loose when I took it to New York to the shop of Tom Hom for adjusting the act

[LUTE] Re: Loose bars?

2017-04-14 Thread John Mardinly
My 45 year old Rubio lute had more than buzzing; it was rattling. The braces had come loose when I took it to New York to the shop of Tom Hom for adjusting the action. He kept it in his NYC shop that had no humidifiers for 6 months. It also split the top. I could make it rattle by

[LUTE] Re: Loose bars?

2017-04-14 Thread Matthew Daillie
Do as Howard suggests. Go right round the edges of the soundboard pressing in gently with the ball of your thumb (it's often the ends of bars that become unstuck). One tell-tale sound is a little click as you press. Also try plucking one of the guilty courses whilst pressing down on the

[LUTE] Re: Loose bars?

2017-04-13 Thread howard posner
> On Apr 13, 2017, at 9:43 PM, sterling price wrote: > > Thanks-- by the way i was referring to "course power". ;)) We all believe in Course Power. Courses have been second-class citizens too long. Courses of the world unite! BtW, you don’t say how many courses are

[LUTE] Re: Loose bars?

2017-04-13 Thread sterling price
Thanks-- by the way i was referring to "course power". ;)) Sent from my iPad > On Apr 13, 2017, at 7:52 PM, howard posner wrote: > > >> On Apr 13, 2017, at 6:44 PM, sterling price >> wrote: >> >> Hi all- I started having some buzzing

[LUTE] Re: Loose bars?

2017-04-13 Thread howard posner
> On Apr 13, 2017, at 6:44 PM, sterling price > wrote: > > Hi all- I started having some buzzing on my 13 course powered lute. Powered lute? > I'm not sure if it is a loose bar or some weird resonance. The buzzing only > happens on certain courses and I can't