Francis Wood wrote: Finally, it's worth noting that squeaks are more often heard in cold weather when skin is drier and less likely to seal a tone hole reliably. Perhaps the coming of Spring will help!
True Francis - Ron Elliott (Nancy Kerr's dad) always used to lick the finger tips of each hand before playing a tune (whatever the season). The problem here, however, seems to be from the bottom keys and some good advice has already been given but it seems to me that the reed itself is prone to squeaks. This is often cured (if brave enough) by lightly scraping the bottom third of the reed towards the staple across the whole width (evenly on both sides). This lessens some of the vey high harmonics and might well help in this case. I usually use a fresh scalpel blade (size 26) which allows removal of very fine layers of cane. As aye Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
