That sounds Great! Has a bit of a middle eastern flavor to it. Can you post that video on You Tube? --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi Arle > Pleased to report a bit of a breakthrough re. the > low d chanter. I still > have not found the make of the string I have that > works best but a major > improvement in harmonic resistance is gained by only > applying cotton at the > keybox edge of the wheel. This effectively bows the > string further away from > the bridge. It also imparts a more mellow tone.My > first tentative > scratchings can be seen here : > > http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=35597142 > > > I'm sure I've heard this tune somewhere, does anyone > have a title or > discography for it? > > Cheers > Neil > http://www.hurdy-gurdy.org.uk > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arle Lommel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 8:08 PM > Subject: Re: [HG] Chanterelle string for low D > > > > Hi Neil, > > > > How do you define "limited success"? What hasn't > worked with what you've > > tried? I admit that I can't help you here since I > play in C/G with an > > octave chanter using viola strings with no > problem, but you want to go a > > fourth lower and there I have no success. But in > any event it would help > > to know what the problem you've faced is exactly. > > > > Part of the problem may be that you're really > quite low. Balázs Nagy > > experimented with chanterelles in the range you > suggest for a bass > > instrument and found that below a certain pitch > (somewhere near where > > you're talking about, if I remember correctly), > the vibrational envelope > > of the string gets too big for the tangents to > effectively stop the > > string (the string bounces off them or something > like that), so you end > > up with unclear intonation and other related > problems. I don't remember > > all the details, but he ran into these problems > when trying to pitch a > > Hungarian instrument down an octave, which would > put it right near the > > range you're talking about. > > > > -Arle > > > > > > On May 28, 2008, at 2:50 PM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Hi all > >> I'm not usually one to plead for help but this > problem is costing a lot > >> of time and money so any help will be greatly > appreciated. > >> > >> I've just built a three chantrelle gurdy 345mm > scale length and am > >> tuning it to normal D/G tuning . The third > chanterelle is to be the next > >> octave D down. > >> > >> Has anyone found a string to achieve a reasonable > result at this pitch ? > >> I've tried a lot of viola C strings with limited > success. > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Neil Brook > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: > 269.24.1/1470 - Release > > Date: 28/05/2008 07:20 > > > >
