Sean, Thanks for your detailed explanation. I'll give it a whirl.
Peter. On Thu, 22 May 2008, Sean Smith wrote: > > I think you could make this work, Peter, though I don't know about, say, > a 10-c where the 5th and 6th course is quite far from the nut. Probably > it's ok but see below. > > First tie the bridge off and send the other end through the peg hole but > leave more string to wind than you usually would. The idea is to let the > string on the peg take the tension instead of the peghole. At each peg > rotation send the free end of the string through first so it doesn't get > folded against the back wall of the peg box during the rotation. And > then take it up to tension making sure to keep a little bit of tension > on the stringw/ your one hand while winding w/ the other. Voila (da > mano!) Then wrap the excess string around the pegbox. I find I can do > this w the 5th and 6th courses and would probably work as well w/ the > more diapasons. > > Later when the string needs changing just loosen the string, untie the > bridge and use the previously free end to come down to the bridge. This > works best on whatever strings are wound close to the nut. If you are > worried about the crimp from the right-angle at the peg hole take the > string off and find a way to suspend it for a few days w/ a modest > weight (far less than the working tension). Try not to introduce any new > crimps, of course! > > If you have further questions I could send you some photos or maybe put > them up on the new-dandy lute page of Danny Shoskes'. > > best regards, Sean the next auto-quote is: My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true. (Bertrand Russell) /\/\ Peter Nightingale Telephone (401) 874-5882 Department of Physics, East Hall Fax (401) 874-2380 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
