Seth, You have a lot of advice (from many people much more experienced than I!) but I thought I'd add one comment that I don't think has come up yet - perhaps its a bit obvious. If the problem is one of balance and your setup re rosin/pressure etc is good you may be able to fix it by using a slightly heavier chanter string which will tend to be louder (more mass and more tension).
Paul On 3/10/07, Seth Hamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ok I raised it a hair and the scratyness is gone but its pretty quiet and the drone is kinda drowning it out... Seth --- Roy Trotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Arle Lommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Only thing is when you get past about the 7th > or 8th tangent the > > > > > sound is scratchy... Is their something that > causes these higher > > > notes to screach when you get to the tangents > close to the > > wheel????? > > > > Hi Seth, sounds like your string's downward > pressure is too high. You > > > > probably need to add more paper under the > chanterelle at the bridge > > to raise the string slightly and lessen the > downward pressure on the > > > > wheel. String height problems become more apparent > the higher you go > > > > up the string, so I'd guess you just need more > paper under the > > string. > > > > -Arle > > I concour. You might could get a louder chanter by > lowering the string, > but the scratchy indicates thats its too low > already, so raise it a > bit. You might start with Capt Zag paper and fold it > over double. Then > double that etc. any more than that I'd recommend > Onion skin paper, > then normal printer/copier paper up to kraft paper > bag stuff. If your > up to 3x5 or business card stock Id think about > adding some wood. We > can talk about that in private, if needed...it's > kinda like surgery: I > don't want to discuss the gory details out here in > public where little > kids, etc.... Raising the chanter should clean up > the scratches, but > you will loose volume: because both are dependant on > the pressure of > the string on the wheel, so you don't want to raise > it anymore than you > have to. > You could dress the wheel down a bit.... > > There's ways to quieten the drone but lets clean up > the scratchy > business first. > > OR we could look at retooling the tangent-row to get > 2 tangents per > key, then you could use that extra drone key for a > chanter.... > > > >
