Thanks, Augusto.
Just to be clear, I'm not talking about removing the metal winding, but
some of the colored thread between the ball end and where the metal
winding becomes visible.
This winding would certainly never make it to the bridge on the viola
the string was designed for, so I suspect that it would have some
negative impact on tone. It might also increase the girth of the string
in that area, preventing it from seating in the bridge well and
increasing the distance from wheel surface to string.
Best,
Anthony Shostak
Augusto de Ornellas Abreu wrote:
why would you want to unwind that section of the string? to what purpose?
I use a wound low G on my HG (corelli crystal viola 1st, if I remember
well), and I see no point in undoing the winding...
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Anthony Shostak <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I apologize in advance for what may be a remarkably stupid
question. I'd like to try a wound low G chanter string. The
colored thread winding at the ball end is sufficiently long to lay
past the bridge . Just wind off some? The gut string is just
tied in a knot. Perhaps cut off some of the wound string and tie
a knot in it that will shorten it sufficiently to keep the
threaded winding between the tailpiece and the bridge?
Shos
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