At 03:18 PM 1/3/2008 -0800, you wrote:
Hi Nathan,
If it wasn't for silly ideas the h-g would never
have been invented in the first place!
The edge of the wheel should be blunt arrow-head shaped in
profile so that a string could bear on both sides
and clear the rear edge of the wheel.
You could still have multiple strings, say six, one above and one below
the chanter on each side and have the wheel rub at a slight angle on the
upper and lower pairs. Although that would tend to drag the cotton off!
Perhaps all the strings should be near parrallel to the edge of the wheel
and not to each other?
Getting complicated!
At first glance it's not a silly idea at all.
I expect there are more than one unforseen problems.
I might try a mock up and see what happens!
A major problem is that the string would oscillate vertically
rather than horizontally and you would have to have an
unacceptably high action to clear the fingerboard.
It might be a good idea for the standard style key/tangent
as it would elliminate that contact rattle although as I learn
to play I am comming to rather like it!
Regards, Tony
