Dana--
I'll try that, but I suspect the tension would then be too low for
good playability. At 6 kg tension, I'm already at the low end of the range
for a chanterelle; may need to go to a heavier gauge to adjust the tension
at c, but I'm not sure how well a heavy chanter will "speak" in upper (or
any) register. I'm wondering what our collective experience might have to
offer.
Thanks,
Leonard
On 8/21/09 6:16 PM, "Dana R Gregory" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Before purchasing any more strings, try this. Simply tune your chanter string
> to g. The 0.94 size will work very well as it is the same size on my Chinook
> with unison g chanter strings. Next, drop the tuning on your drones to the
> following, trompette- c, Petite burdon in C and the gros burdon in G. That is
> standard G/C tuning. Try it, you might like it better. If you really want to
> play in D/G tuning, then you'll need a 0.99 or even a 1.04 size to play in D,
> with your drones in d, petite D, and gros in G. Good luck.
>
> --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Leonard Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Leonard Williams <[email protected]>
> Subject: [HG-new] Tech advice: stringing
> To: "Hurdy-Gurdy List" <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 2:03 PM
>
>
> I have a home-built hurdy-gurdy based on a presumed 15th c. style
> (plans from a reputable early instrument luthier in California). Having no
> symps or trompette, it is probably more like a symphonie, but with a large,
> flat-back, lute-shaped body instead of the symphonie's simple box. String
> length is 438 mm (17.25 in) chanterelle, 457 mm (18 in) drones. Tuning:
> chanter d' (keyed in G); drones (from top down) g, d, G. (I hope that style
> of designation is clear--d' a tone above middle c = c'.)
> I've been through several string gauges on the chanter, working to
> get the clearest tone, but at best it tends to be squawky at the high end of
> the register. Currently I'm using 0.94 mm (.037 in) gut. Yes, I have been
> working on my cottoning, rosining and shimming techniques!
> The question--with its longer than normal h-g string length, I
> wonder if I might do well to drop the instrument (in pitch, not bodily!) to
> a C gurdy with a heavier chanter tuned to g, drones c, G, C. I think the
> body size of this beasty would support the lower pitch, but I have no idea
> of relationship between scale length, tone clarity and suitable pitch--i.e.,
> is the scale perhaps to long to produce good high notes with tangents and
> the limited pressure they function under? I know it doesn't make as much
> difference on fingerboard instruments, but gurdy is more like a bowed
> clavichord.
>
> Thanks an regards,
> Leonard Williams
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