Barbara, I would not dope the tangent stems with anything. Soap would make them slippery and thus liable to turn on you while playing. If the tangents aren't going in all the way, I would very gently use an X-Acto blade to take off minute amounts to get them to fit right. Finding where they are rubbing can be a bit of work, but in my experience they tend to pick up a bit of a "shine" where they are compressed in a tight fit going into the hole, but I wouldn't ever use soap on them because of what the side-effects would be.
-Arle On Nov 20, 2009, at 9:51 AM, Barbara Currier wrote: > Ah, here's something that just popped into my head. My father sometimes put > soap on screws to make them go into wood easier. Would that or some other > substance be helpful or harmful getting my tangents farther into the keys? > > Thanks, again, > Barbara > > -- > 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. -- 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.
