I learned many years ago about soap and chalk for pegs (I would think chalk would have more 'bite' than talk) - and i keep a small remnant of a piece of chalkboard chalk, and a small remnant of a bar of soap conveniently hidden in a corner of all my lute cases (with a small remnant of a pencil to apply graphite to the nut grooves if needed). trj
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel F. Heiman <[email protected]> To: 'David van Ooijen' <[email protected]>; 'lutelist Net' <[email protected]>; akbutler <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Aug 13, 2015 9:31 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Soap & Talc, quick question There are various commercially-available remedies as well: [1]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: [2][email protected] [[3]mailto:[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][4][email protected]> wrote: I use talk only. Baby powder. David On Thursday, August 13, 2015, andy butler <[1][2][5][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][6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [3][4][7][email protected] [4][5][8]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* -- References 1. [9]mailto:[6][email protected] 2. [7][10]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 3. [11]mailto:[8][email protected] 4. [9][12]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [10][13][email protected] [11][14]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* -- References 1. [15]mailto:[email protected] 2. javascript:; 3. [16]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 4. javascript:; 5. [17]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 6. javascript:; 7. [18]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 8. javascript:; 9. [19]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 10. [20]mailto:[email protected] 11. [21]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ -- References 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuning_peg#Peg_dope 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. mailto:[email protected]? 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 7. mailto:[email protected] 8. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 9. mailto:[6][email protected]? 10. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 11. mailto:[8][email protected]? 12. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 13. mailto:[email protected] 14. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 15. mailto:[email protected]? 16. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 17. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 18. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 19. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 20. mailto:[email protected]? 21. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
