This works a treat, but you really have to be quick! Cheers Mike
p.s. Alden - I read that as 'not for the Suquamish'..................go figure. On 13 Oct, 16:08, Alden F M Hackmann <[email protected]> wrote: > It's possible to make a new tangent with just an X-acto knife, but it's slow > going. > > For really desperate situations, such as when you are sitting onstage and > your tangent is flopping over, use this protocol: > > - Remove the offending tangent. > - Place the narrow post end in your mouth for 10 seconds > - Lick the tangent post a little on its way out of your mouth > - Replace the tangent in the key before it has time to swell enough to make > it impossible to do so. > - Turn the tangent back and forth in its hole to distribute the spit that was > on the post after you licked it. > - Set tangent position as usual > > It's not for the squeamish. > > Alden F.M. Hackmann [email protected] > > "Beati illi qui in circulum circumeunt, fient enim magnae rotae." > > On Wed, 13 Oct 2010, Geoff Turner wrote: > > > Augusto, > > > > > > If it is a real crisis, I have used this method before. > > > > > > Take a bamboo skewer, the sort used for food, and shave a very small sliver > > off one side. Insert this into the hole with the tangent. > > > > > > What I would now do, following the purchase of Neil Brook’s maintenance > > DVD, is to make a new tangent, but I guess unless you have > > the appropriate piece of wood and a chisel, this isn’t going to help you. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Geoff > > > _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:18:40 -0300 > > Subject: [HurdyGurdyForum] 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 > > > __._,_.___ > > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a new topic > > Messages in this topic (1) > > Recent Activity: > > * New Members 1 > > Visit Your Group > > Yahoo! Groups Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of > > Use > > . > > [nc3=3] > > __,_._,___ > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://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.
