He must string his lute according to the principles of quantum field theory. Since this topic relates to string theory, has anyone tried strings from [1]Pure Corde? I'll also mention that I'm appreciating my custom wound silk basses from Alexander Rakov. They sound much better and fret truer than any gut basses I've ever used. RA > Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 04:37:36 +0000 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Soap & Talc, quick question > > 60,000 turns in 5 years? How often do you change your strings? That is > 32.8 turns per day, 365 days a year. > > A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. > Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer > EMail: [1][email protected] > Cell: [2]408-921-3253 (does not work in TEM labs) > Titan Lab: [3]480-727-5651 > NION UltraSTEM Lab: [4]480-727-5652 > JEOL ARM 200 Lab: [5]480-727-5653 > 2010F Lab: [6]480-727-5654 > Office: [7]480-965-7946 > John Cowley Center for HREM, LE-CSSS > B134B Bateman Physical Sciences Building > Arizona State University > [8]PO Box 871704 > [9]Tempe, AZ 85287-1704 > > On Aug 13, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Dan Winheld <[10][email protected]> wrote: > > Laugh now; in 5 years you will need to hire a professional mechanic to > inject a mixture of high-temp. Macadamia Nut Oil and ambergris to > prevent micro-clutch seizure. Also a mandatory timing belt change for > EACH PegHed after 60,000 turns- ain't cheap! > On 8/13/2015 9:19 AM, Charles Mokotoff wrote: > > I am so enjoying ignoring this thread...says the lutenist with > PegHeds.... ;) > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Martin Shepherd > <[1][11][email protected]> wrote: > Hill's is good, but it's dark brown, so for light-coloured pegs > (e.g. lemonwood) I find I want to use something else. Dry > soap and > talc seems OK. Chalk can be gritty and may wear out your pegs > and/or > peg holes. > I actually put quite a lot of peg paste on my pegs in the > process of > fitting them - it gets compacted into the pegbox and provides a > really good basis for a smooth action. Wood-against-wood is > not > good. > If anyone knows of a good recipe for a pale/transparent version > of > Hill's, please let us know. > Martin > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [12]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. tel:408-921-3253 > 3. tel:480-727-5651 > 4. tel:480-727-5652 > 5. tel:480-727-5653 > 6. tel:480-727-5654 > 7. tel:480-965-7946 > 8. x-apple-data-detectors://6/ > 9. x-apple-data-detectors://6/ > 10. mailto:[email protected] > 11. mailto:[email protected] > 12. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
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