Hello, all, Maybe just chalk this one up to me being a relatively new player, but I need some advice about a terrible sound the instrument is making. First, the lower notes seem fine, but when I advance up the scale to the C and certainly by the G (G/C instrument), the thing just screeches uncontrolably. It often makes a rapid skipping sound when the tangents of the higher notes are engaged. To help the problem, I've tried the following measures, dutifully carried out after taking Cali Hackman's maintenance class this Fall:
1. Changed cotton twice. This helped initially. 2. Tried more rosin 3. Removed all the rosin from the wheel, then added a little bit more. This helped for about 12 seconds. 4. Shimmed the chantrelle after I perceived the string might not be resting symetrically on the string. So, all you veterans out there - any ideas? Thanks in advance! -Ian Clemons, Portland Oregon
