You may have to shim the melody strings. Bear in mind that this instrument needs 4-6 months to season and break in. Another factor is climate. These instruments seem to like moderate humidity. I had the same problems with my Chinook when it was brand new. It is now 4 months old and has settled down nicely. You will need to rosin the wheel frequently, especially if it is composite, until it "breaks-in". After a while it won't need as much rosin. It takes a lot of practice an patience with both rosin and cotton but in time it will settle in and sound good. You will also need a chromatic tuner, I use a Korg, cost was about $20. You came to the right place for help and will get plenty of expert advice here. Good luck. Dana
--- On Sat, 2/28/09, Reymen Marc <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Reymen Marc <[email protected]> > Subject: [HG-new] Re: Tone problems > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 3:47 PM > Maybe to much cotton... > Put new cotton on it... > Marc > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Harvey" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 1:25 AM > Subject: [HG-new] Re: Tone problems > > > > > > 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 > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.4/1976 - > Release Date: 27-2-2009 > > 13:27 > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
