Another good thing about gut. I never seem to have that problem with gut strings.
ed At 10:00 AM 1/2/2012, William Samson wrote: > It strikes me that these problems are the result of having long > pegboxes and stretchy strings. In my experience of using it, gut has > much less stretch than nylgut (or nylon for that matter) or the > overspun basses that we use nowadays - so this probably wasn't nearly > as much of a problem for the old ones as it is for us. > > It does make me wonder, though, if it's worth considering lutes with > two pegboxes ( somewhat extended basses) for 10c and up. This would > give a shorter (7c or 8c) main pegbox meaning there's less likelihood > of the strings stretching between the nut and the peg and a second > advantage for ourselves is that the lute case would be a couple of > inches shallower and hence easier to pack on planes, trains and so on. > > Bill > > See > [1]http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-molenaer-a-young-man > -and-woman-making-music for what I'm talking about. > From: Herbert Ward <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, 2 January 2012, 6:49 > Subject: [LUTE] Non-stretchy pegbox leaders. > We had a discussion similar to this three years ago > (Dec 7 2008). However, I'd like to revisit the subject with > my question rephrased to focus more closely on my problem. > Stretching of strings between the nut and the peg is causing > me severe difficulty in tuning -- I can turn the peg > 90 or 120 degrees with no response in the pitch. > Lubricating the nut is of course a possibility. > But I'd also like to try replacing the portion of the string > between nut and peg with a leader of some material which > (a) does not stretch, > (b) can be tied securely and easily to the string, > (c) will not slip on the peg, > (d) will not damage anything, > (e) is strong enough, and > (f) is readily available. > Does anyone have experience in this? > To get on or off this list see list information at > [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > >References > > 1. > http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-molenaer-a-young-man-and-woman-making-music > 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [email protected] voice: (218) 728-1202 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name http://www.myspace.com/edslute http://magnatune.com/artists/edward_martin
