As a pro harpists technical assistant, strings that go hairy are quite
common there will be plenty of useful life in them so trim off the
hairy bits with nail clippers and to round off run a bit of fine glass paper
over the blemish and all will be well.
Strings rarely break, and then mostly when you are not playing, usually in
a thunderstorm, TWANG! went the corner of the room....
Phil Williams & Sarah Deere-Jones
----- Original Message -----
From: "Smishkewych, Wolodymyr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 3:52 PM
Subject: [-SPAM-] [HG] hairy guts (a string question)
Dear friends,
here's a question that is actually regarding a harp problem I am assisting
someone with, but that may well apply to HG, so I post it here and now in
the hope of some assistance.
1. When a gut string becomes 'hairy' in appearance, does that necessarily
mean it is close to breaking point? (My gut feeling--pun more or less
intended--is: not necessarily. I have had strings, already stable, develop
hairiness and remain intact for a while, without being subject to any
extra tension beyond tuning.)
2. If the answer to the above is 'yes' or 'maybe', is there a way to make
the strings less hairy or stronger, perhaps by recoating with some kind of
string shellac? Since I am asking about harp strings, this is not totally
unlikely, since modern harp strings tend to be coated. But this harp in
question is a historical harp, so its default setting is uncoated strings.
anyhow, if there are any thoughts on the subject the advice is
appreciated. let me know what y'all think!
thanks,
Vlad
-e
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