Thanks Sean and Luke. I did polish a little. Iâll have to put on two
pairs of eyeglasses and give it another go. But what about the string?
Anything I can do to save that 5th course string that looks like it may
break?
On Aug 19, 2020, at 4:38 AM, Sean Smith <[1]lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote:
For polishing compound you can use toothpaste on cotton kitchen string.
Make sure the string is at least as thick as the groove so it polishes
the sides, too.
s
On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 11:57 AM Luke Emmet
<[2]luke.em...@orlando-lutes.com> wrote:
Hi Ed
It looks like the groove for the string isn't wide enough, and
has a
sharp top edge which is cutting into the string.
Ideally the nut grooves should be wider than the string diameter,
so it
touches only at the bottom and the grooves only guide the string
and do
not offer any friction along the string length.
So if possible you could try to gently widen the nut grooves with
a
fine round diamond file, then polish with a thread of twine
dipped in
polish compound. Or if you have a friendly lute maker, he or she
can
easily sort it out.
Hope this helps
- Luke
On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 18:27, Ed Durbrow
<[1][3]edurb...@gmail.com> wrote:
I broke a 5th course string on my 7 course lute and now it
looks
like
the other one is about to break. Has anyone seen similar
wear
patterns?
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to save the
second
string
that looks like it could break at any moment?
I made a video with two pictures. The first picture is from
the
front,
the second picture is from the pegbox side and has the
replacement
string in place.
Thank you in advance.
Here is the video with the two
pictures: [1][2][4]https://youtu.be/pPr6bilW26A
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
[2][3][5]http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch
[3][4][6]https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow
[4][5][7]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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4. [16]https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow
5. [17]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
6. [18]https://youtu.be/pPr6bilW26A
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8. [20]https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow
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10. [22]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
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4. https://youtu.be/pPr6bilW26A
5. http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch
6. https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow
7. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
8. https://youtu.be/pPr6bilW26A
9. http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch
10. https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow
11. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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14. https://youtu.be/pPr6bilW26A
15. http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch
16. https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow
17. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
18. https://youtu.be/pPr6bilW26A
19. http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch
20. https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow
21. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
22. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
23. http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch
24. https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow
25. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
