After watching people playing for the past 40 years and playing for the past 4 years I have never seen a string breaking due to chien use. There is not excessive pressure by the string on the chien. As you tension the string it lifts the chien off the body, minutely and when you rotate the handle in an irregular motion it vibrates on the inlay on the face of the body. I studied music technology as an adult student and one of the things I helped prove was that a hurdy gurdy theoretically should not work. Happily I was able to prove the theory wrong.
Minstrel Geoffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kevin, So if the dog moves up and down the string, won't that eventually break the string, in the contact area where it rubs? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2008, at 2:45 PM, "kevin hughes" wrote: > http://www.hotpipes.com/hgtromp.html > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Minstrel Geoffrey > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 2:04 PM > Subject: [HG] "a Newbie question" > > > When the trompet or dog or chen as I've seen all three used to > describe the > built in rhythm buzzing sound, how exactly does that thing work? On > a harp I > know how it works, as its an attachment that you have to put on, for > that > constant effect, but I only see a key on what appears to be the tail > peice, > is it a wooden dampner that's applied to the strings, or does it > have to do > with the wheel? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 5, 2008, at 5:13 AM, "sylvain gagnon mini moteur 2000 inc" > wrote: > > --------------------------------- Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.
