Personally, I use 190 proof Everclear when making liquid rosin. Fellow Oregonians can search this magic elixir here: http://www.oregonliquorsearch.com/home.jsp . Not only are we not allowed to pump our own gas, we can't buy liquor anywhere but a state store.
Keep meaning to mark my flask before someone comes along and takes a swig. ;^) Barbara On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:38 AM, George Leverett-Altarwind Hurdy Gurdies < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] ; > hurdygurdyforum<[email protected]> > *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]<hurdygurdy%[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]<hurdygurdy%[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.
