Arle wrote:
I've always played my instrument in a C/G tuning with g g' g' chanters. Per my request a while ago, I've been trying out some alternate tunings (specifically g g' d''). As I've never worked with a high D chanter before, I'm finding that the one I'm using is giving me a lot of trouble with warbling and adjustment. Any advice anyone care to give on what might cause warbling? I've tried reshimming, recottoning, etc., and the results seem to be the same. Since this is my first time working with these high strings, there are probably obvious things I'm overlooking.
I too would be interested in answers on this. For me, the cure for warbling has usually been to tighten the cotton on the string, but harsh, shrieking sound and an instability in the highest notes seems to be all but inevitable on a new d" string and though shimming & cottoning will usually fix it, sometimes I haven't been able to get a decent sound short of replacing the string or "breaking it in" tuned an octave down. Sometimes too, a previously perfectly good string starts to sound like this just before it breaks. Surely there must be an answer; I'd love to hear what it is.
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