Mike, Another trick is to friction heat the rosin and smooth it out. I take a clean cotton cloth and hold it against the wheel (no strings on) and turn the wheel as fast as I can while press on the cloth. The extra rosiin will lift off on the cloth and the remainder will heat and smooth out on the wheel. It is a good way to smooth out the sound if you over rosin as well. Watch out for burning your finger it will actually get hot enough to hurt. Scott -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 2:18 AM Subject: [HG] Backwards
All, Now here's an interesting thing. My low D chanter has been squealing at me for a couple of weeks - jumping into harmonics. I've tried all the usual tricks: shimming the string to reduce the pressure, replacing the cotton, applying rosin to the string before replacing the cotton, taking the rosin off the wheel and replacing it afresh, changing the string for a brand new one ... nothing has worked. And yet, if I turn the handle backwards, it plays as sweet as can be. What's going on here - can anyone offer an explanation for this? Mike This email, including any attachment, is a confidential communication intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. It contains information which is private and may be proprietary or covered by legal professional privilege. If you have received this email in error, please notify either the sender or telephone ++ 44 (0) 1963 370551 upon receipt, and immediately delete it from your system. Anything contained in this email that is not connected with the businesses of Thales Naval is neither endorsed by nor is the liability of this company. Whilst we have taken reasonable precautions to ensure that any attachment to this email has been swept for viruses, we cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of software viruses, and would advise that you carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.
