As an easy fix you could try a slightly thicker gauge string... giving you more tension
cheers Harry On 5/7/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On May 6, 9:25 am, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >> Is the bridge side lower than > the keybox side? > > No. > >> Is the distance from the key box side to the string the same at the nut >> and at the wheel end? > > Yes. > >> How hard do you press on the keys? > > The string lifts away immediately when the tangent hits the string. > >> Is the wheel tipping down at the keybox side more than it used to? >> > > Not sure I understand what you mean here... > > I'm thinking I may need to lower the bridge just a little bit on that > side (there is a small bit of range for adjustment). >> Scott >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Paul Makinen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >My gurdy (tuned in octave D, 2.5 octaves worth of keys from E to high D, >> >2 melody strings) has developed a curious problem: When playing at the >> >high end of the keybox (say, above high E), the tangents push one of the >> >melody strings away from the wheel to the point that the string is not >> >being driven by the wheel. >> >> >The bridge has vertical adjustment screws, but no apparent horizontal >> >adjustment other than filing the string grooves in the bridge. >> >> >I'm hoping that people can tell me the best way to fix this... >> >> >-- >> >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. > -- Harry Wass <http://medieval.instruments.googlepages.com> [email protected] -- 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.
