Craig's at a luthiers' convention and didn't have time to make the key before going, so I had to tune with needle nose pliers. Good thing they weren't too far off. That was hard. I either need stronger hands (mine are pretty strong, I play harp) or better pliers.
Barbara On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Barbara Currier <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks, Scott, I've passed this on to Craig. > > Barbara > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Scott Gayman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Barbara, >> >> Have him also add a 3/8" or 1/2" piece of brass inset into one of the ends >> of the T handle to act as a hammer to tap the pegs if they get loose. I >> gentle tap usually resets them and a little hammer helps. >> >> Scott >> >> I'm on my way to my shop tomorrow to make one of my own. >> >> >> Barbara Currier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >Thanks, David. That is exactly what Craig said he'd make for me. >> > >> >Barbara >> > >> >Sent from my iPod >> > >> >On Jul 11, 2011, at 12:38 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> Barbara, My French luteback has sympathetic string tuning pegs similar >> >> to what you are describing. I made my own tuning wrench by taking a >> >> piece of 1/4" steel rod and cutting a slot into the end of the rod. >> >> Then I inserted the rod into a piece of 1/4" inner diameter brass >> >> tubing and made a handle out of oak. Here is a picture of the >> >> finished tuning wrench. >> >> >> >> >> http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb5/dtsmithnet/Maker%20Faire%20Detroit%202011/PB290270b.jpg >> >> >> >> David Smith >> >> Michigan, USA >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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. >> > > -- 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.
