I recall from an LSA seminar many years ago Lyle Nordstrum addressed this question. He said that the historical remedy was a mixture of soap and ashes (talc is a cleaner modern substitute). Proportions of the ingredients were determined by the behaviour of the pegs: if the pegs stuck, use more soap and less ashes; if the pegs slipped, use more ashes and less soap. This could apply to the soap and talc mixture as well, I think. At the end of the day, nothing beats pegs that fit their holes well, imho. Good luck, Eric
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Daniel F. Heiman <[1][email protected]> wrote: There are various commercially-available remedies as well: [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuning_peg#Peg_dope Whatever you use, apply it sparingly, and realize that you may have to remove some or all of it if the application does not improve the situation. Daniel -----Original Message----- From: [3][email protected] [mailto:[4][email protected]] On Behalf Of David van Ooijen Sent: 13 August, 2015 06:02 To: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: Soap & Talc, quick question Love that typo. ;-) David On Thursday, August 13, 2015, David van Ooijen <[1][5][email protected]> wrote: I use talk only. Baby powder. David On Thursday, August 13, 2015, andy butler <[1][2][6][email protected]> wrote: I'm about to change strings on my lute, and I understand that applying a soap/talc mix to the pegs will help with tuning. So, is that a 50/50 mix? Should I add any water? any tips gratefully received kind regards andy To get on or off this list see list information at [2][3][7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [3][4][8][email protected] [4][5][9]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* -- References 1. mailto:[6][10][email protected] 2. [7][11]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 3. mailto:[8][12][email protected] 4. [9][13]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [10][14][email protected] [11][15]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* -- References 1. mailto:[16][email protected] 2. javascript:; 3. [17]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 4. javascript:; 5. [18]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 6. javascript:; 7. [19]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 8. javascript:; 9. [20]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 10. mailto:[21][email protected] 11. [22]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ -- Eric Hansen Librarian & lutenist -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuning_peg#Peg_dope 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. mailto:[email protected] 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 8. mailto:[email protected] 9. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 10. mailto:[email protected] 11. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 12. mailto:[email protected] 13. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 14. mailto:[email protected] 15. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 16. mailto:[email protected] 17. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 18. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 19. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 20. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 21. mailto:[email protected] 22. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/
