Germán Diaz from Spain plays a (I think) Weichselbaumer (/I think) with a plastic wheel... he uses liquid rosin also, on the wheel and specially to tight the cotton on the strings, so that he can play the wheel both ways, like a cello... Amazing effect...
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Jocelyn Demuth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I have a synthetic wheel on my hg - a renaissance HG made by Olympic > musical instruments. I'm sure Alden can speak to construction of the wheel > and composition - wouldn't presume to say anything on that topic. As a > player who plays outside a lot - I have found the synthetic wheel to work > just fine. However, regular rosin doesnt' stick to it at all - you must > use liquid rosin. I rosin after every other song. I do have a lot of > heavy strings on the wheel that tend to rub it off. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "L Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:55 PM > Subject: Re: [HG] synthetic Wheels? > > > I've been playing a "horrible lil symphonie" that fits this description >> - and will continue to play it until the economy improves or someone wants >> to volunteer to be my sugar daddy. >> >> The manufacturer's website claims that the plastic parts are precision >> molded. I have not experienced any issues with the flywheel and I've been >> playing this sucker fairly regularly and with modest success for seven years >> now. >> >> Where I have experienced issues is with the plastic tangents: the ones at >> the top of the scale are closer together and occasionally they will stick. >> >> Lisa J. >> Alameda, CA >> > >
