Augusto: Sometimes you can get by with rubbing the tangent stem with rosin to create more friction. (if it's too far gone this may not work). Use as dark of rosin as you can get. Liquid rosin would make this an easy fix. If you have liquid rosin, you could also try squirting a drop or two in the receiving hole in the keyshaft.
You can make your own liquid rosin by dissolving rosin in either acetone or ethyl alcohol (denatured alcohol would work too, but it's poisonous). Good luck George ----- Original Message ----- From: Augusto de Ornellas Abreu To: [email protected] ; hurdygurdyforum Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 7:18 AM Subject: [HG-new] urgent advice I have an urgent question Because of the shifts in humidity - we just came out of a long dry season (4 months with no rain - now it's nice and rainy) - two tangents on my HG (E and F on low string, first octave - on a G/C gurdy) got loosened on the key and won't hold the tuning when in contact with the vibrating string, and I don't know exactly how to fix that. I tried some string (like what you do with bagpipes) but that didn't work well. how can I shim or fix that? Please send me all ideas you have. It's a little urgent, because I have a gig on Friday. Thank you Augusto Brazil -- 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.
