Some pictures might help us understand your capo design, Ruth!
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Ruth Bramley <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Arle > > I regularly tune my trompette up to D, which is fine. I also have a > homemade capo that I occasionally put under the trompette if I want, say, a > G. This consists of a prism-shaped piece of wood with a small notch cut > into it. This sits on the soundboard, with the trompette string in the > notch, and acts as a nut/bridge. I can move it along the soundboard to get > the correct note. If you're not happy tuning the trompette up to D, you > could leave it at C, but put something like this wooden block under to > raise it to D. There's no reason why you couldn't also make one to go > under the gros bourdon to put it up to A. I'd leave the petit bourdon off > the wheel, and then on the chanterelles play either a D or an A. > > Hope that helps. > > Cheers > Ruthie > > > > On 16/11/2012 18:11, Arle Lommel wrote: > > Hi all, > > Got an unusual question. I have a C/G instrument but have been asked to > provide a drone in D as part of an Advent processional as part of a program > put on by my children’s school at the Berliner Dom in a few weeks. (I know, > drone only is boring, but that is what they need.) > > The problem I face is that they need a rich drone sound in Ds and As, but > there is no way I'm going to tune directly up (last time I tried I lost a > drone string, and I can tell even going to C♯ that the tension is higher than > I want to go). > > My instrument does not have drone capos. While I have thought of making some > using harp levers and wooden supports under them, I've never gotten around to > it. (I've also thought of nondestructively fitting a fret board under my > drones with a clip-type capo, but that is a major project and I don't have > the tools right now to do it. > > So the question is if any of you have any good suggestions for how to (a) > easily and (b) cheaply raise the pitch of my drone strings. I don't want to > restring for this event (nor do I want to buy new strings at the moment). I > tried using clothes pins to grip the strings, but I find that they do not > grip the strings firmly enough, so the results only work if I grip the > clothes pin by hand and force it to shut harder. Not an ideal way to do it. > So any ideas would be most welcome. > > Best, > > ARle > > > > -- > 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.
