Hello,
> The Hungarian and the French trompettes work in opposite ways. > The Hungarian dog's foot rests up in the air by default: there is no contact > between the foot and the soundboard when the string is at rest. When the > string vibrates gently, it causes the dog's foot to wave up and down in the > air. When the wheel speed is increased, the string vibrates more strongly, > and the dog's foot waves farther up and down. In doing so, it hits the > soundboard at the lower end of its arc, and causes the buzzing sound. I played several instruments with hungarian style mechanism for years and at many occasions, I owned two f them myself (Budapest is about two and a half hours by car from Vienna). The bridge of the hungarian system rests at the soundboard as the french one does, they both work the same way. Sorry for correcting you Alden, Simon -- 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.
