I've shimmed tangents with a very small strip of paper. It's easy, fast, and it works fine.
Melissa www.melissatheloud.com --- On Wed, 10/13/10, Augusto de Ornellas Abreu <[email protected]> wrote: From: Augusto de Ornellas Abreu <[email protected]> Subject: [HG-new] urgent advice To: [email protected], "hurdygurdyforum" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 10:18 AM 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 AugustoBrazil -- -- 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.
