I never thought to mention it, but that's what I've done for years on short strings that don't quite reach the pegbox, for my HG as well as my lute, especially for the lute... I have very long lengthes of gut in different diameters I bought from SOFRACOB ( now defunct) who always sold gut in several meters lengths, but to save on gut I cut just what I need to a bit beyond the nut and then tie a nylon, or dacron or even an old gut string leader..
Bruno 2014-04-25 17:07 GMT-04:00 Arle Lommel <[email protected]>: > Others have answered your question about string types, but to answer your > other question about modifications there is an easy and absolutely > non-invasive solution to your problem: you can always tie a short extension > of a lighter string (or even fishing line) to the end of the string (really > easy with a ball-end string if you have one) and then run that through the > tailpiece. It needs to be short, but as long as you don’t have the silk > overwound part of the string past the bridge, you’ll be fine. > > If you have a ball-end you simply feed the light string through ball and > then feed *both* ends of the lighter string through the hole in the tail > piece and knot them as appropriate after they are through the hole. If that > doesn’t make sense, let me know and I can make you a drawing (it’s super > simple). > > The best knots to do this depend on the type of string end (and string > material) you’re dealing with, but as long as you can securely grab the > string with your lighter piece of string and run the extension through the > tailpiece, you should be fine. I’ve done this a number of times with no > problem. > > I’d also second the recommendations for octave tuning. My own instrument > has three chanterelles, and is tuned g g’ d’’. I don’t use the d’’ very > much, but the combination of all three sounds fantastic for certain kinds > of music. (I did an arrangement of Granados’ Spanish Dance No. 2 where the > three together is just fantastic). In my playing I tend to treat the > different chanter strings the way an organist would treat different stops: > by selecting them I have up to seven timbre combinations I can use for > different things. > > Best, > > Arle > > On 2014 Apr 25, at 19:28 , Norm Sohl <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've always treasured this list in particular as a source of excellent > technical advice - so here is a technical question. > My instrument is currently tuned G/C with the two chanters tuned to the > typical g’. Since one of the chanters broke, I’ve been thinking of > replacing it with a string that would sound an octave below the g’ to get a > richer sound. > so far the viola string I purchased is too large to fit in the tailpiece, > and I am reluctant to enlarge the hole without further discussion of the > topic - so, what do you all think? Is this a reasonable modification, are > there good strings I should be considering, are there better ways to get a > lower sound (like a different tuning entirely)? > Sent from Windows Mail > > > -- > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- -- 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/d/optout.
