Curious - which viola string were you usin g - C, G, D or A? Jon On Jun 4, 8:21 pm, Arle <[email protected]> wrote: > :-) Ahh. I had read it in the context of what you'd written about bad > strings and fibrous portions and thought you had some miracle way of > dealing with bad strings. I didn't even think about the cotton in what > you wrote. Makes perfect sense, but I was wondering what this motion > did to the string... > > On Jun 4, 10:56 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Resets the cotton a bit by loosening it and re-tightening it. I have found > > that it also tends to move the excess cotton, if there is any, into a > > better playing position. If you try it out and it starts to sound good just > > leave it don't try to rewind or recotton. It may look a bit messy but if it > > creates a better sound just play it until you need to re-cotton again. > > > Scott- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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
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