If you mean 0.94mm diameter gut that is ok for a high G chanter 0.98mm would be louder
I should work ok with 0.94mm You say it goes from scratchy to quiet with a little shimming Its is odds on favourite that the nut is too high or the wheel taper is too much You need a little shimming and lower the nut If the string is not pressing on the wheel lightly and evenly IT WONT WORK WELL See the instructions on my earlier mail The taper on the wheel surface needs to be correct to achieve this Graham -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Seth Hamon Sent: 11 March 2007 16:36 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HG] Wheel position/Pictures of my first Gurdy I made If I'm using a 94 what would you recommend.. Cheers, Seth --- Paul Sherwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.... > > > > > > > > > > > > >
