>> >> >> Wow, how well do those bone pegs work? Are they subject to the same >> problems that the wooden pegs on fiddles are? > > Whoa! slow down... take a look at - > > http://www.maxwellplace.demon.co.uk/pandemonium/guittar.html > and also at > http://www.robmackillop.com/
Wow, these are some very nice photos. I can almost smell the wood. What a fascinating axe! I noticed that the two bass strings are not doubled, whereas all the other ones are. Do you know why they decided to set it up that way? > The bone string pins are at the *other end* of the instrument, the > tailpiece, and you loop the wire round them (I will shortly replace that > photo with the beautiful pins that Chris made for me). The tuner > mechanism is different from anything you will have seen apart from a > Portugese guitarra or German waldzither, Yes, the tuning mechanism is *totally* different. It actually seems like a logical way to do this. What were the downfalls of it? I'm wondering why this style of tuner never made it onto modern instruments. > Banjo and dobro players use the tuning all the time, however, so a book > of banjo chord shapes helps a long way to playing guittar or waldzither. So do you think that's where the open tunings that American "old-time" players use originated from? I knew this was raise all of these questions in my mind. Too bad I didn't see any sound samples of this insturment. -- Toby Rider ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That puts it not unto the touch To win or lose it all." - James Graham, Marquis of Montrose Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
