hellow From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 5:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HG-new] Re: drone string suggestions
Hmm, Scott, that's something I hadn't considered. A good cautionary note. Recently I've started applying liquid rosin on the strings, especially drone strings, to make it easier to get the cotton to wrap tightly and stay on. Probably one benefit of that approach is to not be rubbing a hard rosin cake against the metal windings, plus using the liquid eliminates all the twisting back and forth of the string to get rosin on the sides and underneath. I still prefer cake rosin for the wheel, but really like the liquid rosin for making the cottoning areas of the strings sticky. Mitch [email protected] writes: Mitch, I found that a major cause of the damage to the strings comes if you over twist the wound strings when you cotton them. If you are twisting them do so gently. Also, check the tail side of the notches in the bridge and make sure that there are no acute angles, if there are, use a file to round them. Scott -- 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.
