I don't know if this is the same but I get a similar thing on my dulcimer (mountain) on the same note (and only that one) when I press down the string - both sections of the string make a sound. I'm sure there is a technical reason why it only does it on that particular note (nothing catching) and I have to remember to slide to that note and not bang my finger down so I am making an uneducated assumption that the tangent is at fault by allowing the string to vibrate on both sides. maybe something applied to the edge of the tangent to dampen the initial contact may work? Just a speculation so don't try anything drastic! Colin Hill
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [HG] Harmonic on 5th > Hallo Matt, > > I think you hit a nodal point as Wolodymyr described. I had a similar > problem with my Weichselbaumer on several keys, where the vibrations of > the dead part of the string degrades the sound very much. I pushed such > hoses used for isolating electrical wires against heat in very hot > lamps over the (metal) tangents which helped very much (I don't know the > material of the hoses, they are very soft and transparent and I have > them from lamps called "Schifferarmaturen in Germany). Additional I put > leather in the grooves of the saddle which dampens also and which makes > the sound softer. I hope that will help you to solve the problem. > > Jens > > Matthew Williams schrieb: > > > Please can anyone advise how to cure a sound problem on a Siorat C-G > > luteback gurdy. > > > > Both melody strings are tuned to g' using Savarez BRH99 gut strings, > > and mostly sound fine. But both have a tendency to sound the harmonic > > an octave higher than they should on the fifth note (d'). > > > > Over the past few weeks I've obviously tried changing cotton, rosin, > > paper and the tangents themselves. The interesting thing is, pressing > > the 'dead' part of the string (left of tangent) down towards > > the instrument body while playing does cure the problem, but I can't > > quite understand why. Also holding down lower keys while playing the > > fifth helps, but not every time. > > > > Matt Williams > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > It's Hotmail's 10th Birthday! Come and play Pass the Parcel > > <http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUK/2731??PS=47575> > > > >
