Hello Roy,
i'dd be interested to ....
Marc Reymen
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Trotter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [HG] Wheel position/Pictures of my first Gurdy I made
--- 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....
