Hello, Am 14.02.2007 um 20:18 schrieb Jocelyn Demuth:
I play a D-G HG and recently did a little experiment which turned out rather well. I replaced my petit Bourdon (higher drone string) which was a D an octave below middle C with a D string that is 2 octaves below middle C. This is hefty string - a big mother and I was worried about what would happen. But since the instrument was playing well and I can't seem to help but muck with success, I tried it anyway. It worked. The lower D sounds very, very cool and the melody strings (two D's an octave apart) sound much clearer. There was some futzing that had to be done - I had to file a new groove into the drone's bridge and I had to drill a bigger hole for the peg but now it's working fine. Technically since the new D string is the Gros Bourdon (deeper drone - my French is bad), I should have switched out the two drone strings, but the G that was the Gros, which is now the Petit was sounding just fine where it was and I didn't want to move it.
yeah, thouse low drones sound great. This D is part of the Berry- standard tuning:
Gros Bourdon D (one note above cello C) Petit Bourdon G (cello G) or d (cello d) Mouche d Trompette d' (violin d' one note above "middle c") Chanterelles d' and d'' (one note lower than violin e'') kind regards, Simon -- http://simonwascher.info
