For some reason, I can't open your videos on MySpace at all Would you mind posting it on youtube?
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Dana R Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > >
