I presume they must cut the things at some stage of manufacture as I doubt they are made to size (apart from hand-made ones, of course). Most comments I have read on here advocate buying a standard cello string and cutting it to the required lengths as you get more than one spare string that way :) As I use the cheapest Korea has to offer I suppose I am out of my league on this one. I always heat some of the winding as well to melt the core inside the last few mms and that holds it from the inside and stops any unwinding of the metal. I probably use cheaper mass-produced strings which may be more forgiving ;-)
Colin Hill From: Melvin Dorries To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [HG-new] low D drone issues Hi Mitch, Our string supplier would freak out if he heard about cutting wound strings. The issue is that the string winding is put on the core under tension so that when the string stretches under tension it does not get loose and buzz or cause problems. Having said all that I have cut them too and on a low tension string like the Gros Gourdon D it seems to make little difference. There are a couple of other alternatives though: 1. Get cello strings for 1/8 or 1/4 size cello as these will be shorter. 2. The other possibility is to use the string full length and just coil up the unused portion in the peghead. Do you get a lot of string excursion with the Pro Arte string compared to gut? I have never experimented with them but this is what I have heard. All the Best Hurdygurdycrafters Mel --- On Thu, 1/13/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [HG-new] low D drone issues To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 11:57 AM I've been using a Pro Arte 4/4 silver (perlon core) G cello string for the low D drone on my D/G, and I love the sound, but these bloody things keep unraveling and breaking on me. In particular they seem to unravel up at the tuning peg. You have to cut the string to use it in a gurdy, gurdies being shorter than cellos, and the cut end is just waiting for an opportunity to unwind, and then tear itself out of the tuning peg. Is there either a more reliable low D drone string that some of you can recommend, or is there a way to stabilize the cut end of the string so it doesn't unwind? Mitch Gordon Guerneville, California, US -- 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. -- 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.
