If it's just the wooden flag that broke, we can send you a few more.
As with so many things on the hurdy-gurdy, there's a little dance to fitting the flag-style trompette rest. If it's too tight, it's hard to move and it makes a squeeky noise and it gets stressed so that it can break off. If it's too loose, it can vibrate out of place when you are playing and engage the string when you don't want it. There are many solutions to the trompette rest problem, but the flag-style is our favorite so far - thanks to Marcello for introducing us to it. Alden On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Richard Phillips < [email protected]> wrote: > OK, maybe not so minor... > > Hi all. I have an Olympic Chinook (thanks, Cali and Alden!) which has > served me well through a couple of years of abuse. As many of you will > know, it's (usually) fitted with a drapeau-style trompette lifter, which > lifts the string off the wheel when not needed. > > Well, I broke it. > > I've spent some time head-scratching trying to figure out a solution here, > which doesn't involve shipping cross-country (I know you guys, Cali and > Alden, would do a superb job but want to devise a fix that's robust enough > to put up with my enormous mitts wrenching the poor little thing in > mid-tune). I've thought of drilling a newly-made flag and using a metal > post to support the part, but can't come up with a suitable way to deliver > enough friction to hold the drapeau in either 'closed' or 'open' position. > Having said that, I am open to any ideas at all... I accept that this could > include 'buy a bunch of replacements and keep them in your pocket' :-) > > Has anyone had any similar experiences, and does anyone have any > suggestions? > > -- > -- > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
