Greetings,
I'm the proud owner of a new Hurdy Gurdy made by Alden and Cali at Olympic
Musical Instruments. I am a folk musician new to the Hurdy Gurdy, but I'm
not new to stringed instruments.
My experience of the last couple of weeks is mainly positive, but a couple
of problems have arisen.
My problem is this: the high chanterelle never totally leaves the surface of
the wheel when I put it on its little stand, whatever that's called,
creating a cacophonous overtone sound. But more annoying still is that when
it is contacting the wheel, most of the time it sounds horrible. I've been
experimenting with rosin and cotton and have had some luck with that, but
this "grinding" sound keeps coming back. I'm thinking there is a
relationship between the string's position and the evil sound that persists.
The chanterelle, if played by itself when it's doing this, makes no sound
that could be called musical. The tangents have little effect. Thoughts?
Many thanks in advance,
Doug Harvey
Lawrence, KS, USA
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Douglas Harvey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
Fort Hays State University
www.RowanCelticMusic.com
www.DougHarvey.org
"If I could lead you into the Promised Land,
I would not do it, because someone else
would come along and lead you out."
Eugene Debs
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