Hello all, I am restoring an old Nigout that needed a lot of work. After making a full set of keys I am now at the point of making the tangents, of which I have previously made many (probably on the order of a few hundred). I usually do all the work by hand, sanding, cutting and filing the tangents to my needs. The part that makes this work a labor is not the "flag" part of the tangent, it is the post portion of the tangent that is so hard on my hands and fingers. I am a traditionalist so I make full wood tangents (no screws) and I tend to like to restore the instrument rather than update it, so no metal tangents either. I currently use a metal plate with a set of holes drilled large to small to size down the posts but I find this hard on my hands and very time consuming. It works great and I usually weed out the bad tangents pretty quickly but I also find that many of the sizing steps are unnecessary. I have heard of luthiers using lathes, bone sizers, metal sizers and pencil sharpener types of devices to make the posts.
I am interested in what you use to make the posts and what you have tried. If you have something that you prefer can you please help me along by posting a picture or emailing me directly? Thank you, Scott Gayman . -- 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.
