So a case of loose nuts then? To be honest, I have had similar "odd" things happen (but not on a HG) that resolve themselves when moving or adjusting something that obviously wasn't causing the problem in the first place. Frustrating, isn't it. What we LIKE to see is something so obvious we can say "ah, there it is" and fix it. Must have been just enough out of place to cause a wobble then. Or one of those wretched little goblins that hide in our instruments and decide to have a play around at the worst possible times and defy all logic (we've all had those, haven't we?) - they are the same ones that a swift thump to a TV set fixes without damage.. Glad it seems to be sorted. Colin Hill
----- Original Message ----- From: "Arle Lommel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [HG] Strange shudder on low A key > OK. I swapped the strings and moving the high string to the position > the low string had been in (i.e., from the closest to the player to > the furthest away) fixed the problem for that string. However, when I > moved the low string to the problem position, it acted up even worse > than the one that first showed the problem (I thought that might > happen, but it did confirm the problem to be fundamentally geometrical > as Scott surmised, and not a problem with the string itself). However, > when I adjusted the shimming (thus affecting pressure on the wheel), > it did not affect this problem at all: even when the pressure was so > heavy that the chanter sounded terrible the same thing happened. At > this point I tried popping out the nut and reseating it, for no > particular reason other than that the nut was near the area where the > problem occurred. The strange thing is that after I reseated the nut > in what was as far as I could tell the same position I took it out > from, the problem vanished entirely. Everything sounds as it should now. > > So I can't confirm that the cause was what Scott explained, but it may > have been. Whatever the reason, I'm just glad the problem has left me > alone for now. I have no wisdom to report back to help others other > than to fiddle around with bits and pieces… > > -Arle > >
