Hello - I'm also interested in this thread, as I experience a similar problem sometimes with my relatively new instrument. I'm working through a technique book right now, and getting some good advice from there.
I noticed the same symptom you describe, that my high tones are clearer if I rotate faster. However, what I'm discovering has the most impact on my instrument is the consistency and thickness of my cotton. I believe that until recently, I had far too much cotton, unevenly distributed on the string. I use maybe a quarter the cotton I had been, and the tone improved significantly. i (sheepishly) realized that some of what I was calling Tone was really Tuning. If I took the extra time to tune my drone to the high C, rather than the lower melodic C, that seemed to force me to tune more accurately and consistently. On Aug 31, 4:40 pm, Leonard Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > I've posted recently concerning poor tone quality at the high end of the > chanterelle. I've been experimenting with tension, pressure, and string > diameter. One more factor comes to mind: crank speed. I've noticed an > improvement in tone with greater rpm's. Is this a typical trait of > hurdy-gurdies, or a peculiarity of mine?? > Regards, > Leonard Williams > _ > [: :] > / | | \ > | | | | > (_==_) > !~¿ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
