I routinely remove the outer winding in the peg area so it bends more easily round the shaft. Some synthetic strings will break if you don't do this. Neil
On Jun 2, 5:58 pm, Alden and Cali <[email protected]> wrote: > > Note that there are a few issues to watch out for. Those pegs are not > > designed for the thick strings we need for drones. The solution is ... > > FWIW, there is another solution. We don't drill the holes in the pegs > out. Instead, when stringing the gros bourdon we remove a few cm (a > little over an inch) of the wire wrap from the outside of the string. > The resulting gut core is small enough to fit through the hole in the > peg. > > Alden --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
