Yep. Gurdies are like diets- not one thing works for every single person! On May 21, 2014, at 12:22 AM, Cali <[email protected]> wrote:
> Felicia, that's really interesting. I've tried the Zyex strings and was > never able to get a sound I liked. The Corelli Crystal's always feel too > mushy to me. I think that it is fascinating that each hg player sets their > instrument up in a unique way and gets different responses from the different > brands of strings. I prefer Tomastek Vision violin strings. I like the tone > which for me is warm without being fuzzy and they give me a firm touch which > I like. I tend to be kind of a heavy metal player by which I mean that I > press the keys hard and use a fairly aggressive wheel technique and I like a > very fast key return. > > Cali > > Sent from my iPad > > On May 20, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Felicia Dale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've been very happy with a Zyex short scale, medium tension Viola G string >> for the lower of my two g chanters on my Hackman. It's a synthetic core with >> silver winding. It has a lovely, rich, warm sound, is very stable and breaks >> in quickly (about two days). It fits just fine through the tail piece and >> through the tuning peg. It does end up with the winding on the peg but the >> last one's winding broke at the wheel. I'd been doing a lot of loosening and >> tightening trying to find the right level of pressure against the wheel and >> it took me a while. >> >> Felicia. >> >> On Apr 26, 2014, at 4:42 AM, gurdymaker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A good basic string is Corelli Crystal violin g if it's long enough. Viola >>> strings can be too long and winding the metal wound part onto the peg is >>> not a good idea as the stresses often cause premature breakage >>> >>> On Friday, April 25, 2014 6:28:33 PM UTC+1, Norm Sohl 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? 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