It means that your chanter bridge is leaning away from the wheel - essentially
the sounding length of the chanter string is too long, or (to put it another
way) the chanter bridge is too far away from the center key.
This is an unusual situation: usually what we see is that over time the bridge
drifts TOWARD the wheel.
You may be able to get some relief from this by loosening whatever device is
connecting the chanter bridge to the tailpiece. Just do it gently, a
millimeter or two at a time, and let the instrument settle for several days
before continuing. There is of course a limit to how far you can go with this,
because at some point the bridge will simply fall over into the wheel, or
(horrors) fall over and take some of the soundboard with it as it goes. So be
careful. ;-)
If this doesn't work, the bridge may need to be reset.
Alden F.M. Hackmann [email protected]
"Beati illi qui in circulum circumeunt, fient enim magnae rotae."
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010, Martin Lodahl wrote:
... but for the life of me, I can't recall its significance. I found the
cotton configuration that made the d" chanterelle stable enough to tune the
movable bridge, and could then put the whole keyboard in tune. I saw a
pattern develop, though, that I know I've seen before: The octave tangent
strikes the string at a 90-degree angle, and all the others seem to be
leaning away from it. That is to say, the tangents for the higher notes
incline toward the wheel, and those for the lower notes, toward the pegbox,
as if the keys were placed too closely together. What does this mean?
- Marty
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Martin Lodahl of Auburn, California
UNIX Pro, Musician, Motorcyclist
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