As another newbie, I second this. I am still surprised just how little cotton is needed and how too much (especially if added to too much rosin) it changes the sound from a sweet note to a grating squeak that makes you quite sure you have just applied grit to the wheel (I find that just holding the cloth that the rosin cake comes in hard against the wheel for a few turns works wonders to smooth out the rosin - remember it needs to be an even coating and, if it's not, makes some really odd sounds). There are other reasons which more experienced players will no doubt voice (like the paper to alter the string height) which I haven't had to do yet so can't advise on (more through luck, I think) but try the "less cotton" first. If it looks like a cotton bud (Q-tip) you are on the right lines. Colin Hill. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [HG] Horrible Screeching Sound...
> At 01:39 PM 12/15/2007 -0800, you wrote: > >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. > > Hi Ian, > As someone who has this very day for the first time managed to produce > real H-G type noises from his machine, I feel I am eminantly suited to > answer your > question! > > I had what sounds like exactly the same problem, caused I believe by a > combination of too much rosin, (I used cello rosin which is softer than > violin) > > and more importantly too much cotton. When I got to the stage where I could > just see > the string through the cotton binding I suddenly got a pure note all the > way up > the box. > > Regards, Tony > >
