I have the same problem with my HG and its only on one of the chanters..I thought I was the only one. I'm having it checked out and I'll let you know what I find out...Cheers, Seth
Arle Lommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I have been experiencing a strange problem on my gurdy intermittently for some time. Today I made a video capture of it and am hoping someone out there might have a suggestion for the cause. Here is the description I posted on youtube with a video demonstrating the problems ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiwbVr054MY ): > I have run into an intermittent problem with my C/G gurdy in which > the low A (first diatonic key) on one of the melody strings (the top > one in this image, which is the only string I am playing on in this > video) has a "shudder" when the key is released. The entire string > visibly shakes and has an unpleasant sound that sounds something > like a stutter that tapers off over a period of about a second. (It > also does it to a lesser degree on the Aâ­/G⯠key, but is not > terribly noticeable). It happens only on one of the strings, not the > other two, and is not caused by contact with a tangent and there is > nothing obviously wrong with the string geometry. It does not happen > with other notes, as is clear in the recording. When observing the > string directly, it appears that the string shudders in a radius of > about 1 mm greater than the normal vibrational envelope that is > observed while playing, and it seems to shake back and forth in time > with the shuddering sound (although I cannot confirm that it in fact > does). > > String is a twisted gut string from Gamut strings that is about a > year old and that, aside from this problem, still plays admirably. > > Sound quality of the video is not great, but I did this using my > laptop's built-in microphone and video camera, so the weakness of > the audio on the video is not indicative of the actual sound of the > instrument and is not diagnostic for the problem. (The instrument is > one made by Balázs Nagy, whose instruments are known for having a > very robust sound.) > > I welcome any suggestions for the source of this problem and how to > fix it. I have tried to figure this one out for a while, but I > cannot find any obvious (or unobvious, for that matter) reason for > the shudder. Does anyone have any idea of what might be going on or how to fix it? -Arle
