Yep, I have to tune down about a 1/2 step every morning. I suspect it's the house temperature changing(especially since my central unit died last week) and the mandolin reacting to it. I also have to make sure that I check my action/tuning if I go to another part of the country/world because a lot of times the humidity and temp cause my mando to either swell or shrink. Raise/lower the bridge, reposition for intonation and go on. Of course, when I come back to Tennessee I have to change it back. While I'm drifting off on a tangent, does anyone else notice that they have to move their bridge to correct intonation once strings are broken in? Seems like mine go flat and I have to scoot the bridge up.
Tater On Mar 24, 6:28 am, Petimar <[email protected]> wrote: > I notice that my instruments are sharp the next day, whether they have > been in the case or not. > > This is VERY unscientific, but I think it can be caused from two > things: > > 1) Body heat. In the case of the guitar and mandolin, the body of the > instrument is in contact with our body. Typical temperature in a room > is 65 to 75 degrees, normal body temp is 98.6. Has anyone noticed, > especially in the first ½ hour or so of playing, they have to keep > tuning up to stay in pitch? This happens to me all the time on > mandolin and guitar, but not on the fiddle. Of course the fiddle in > not in body contact anywhere except the chin rest. > > 2) When playing with others tuning by ear instead of a tuner, people > tend to tune to the highest pitch they hear. If someone goes a bit > sharp, others tuning strictly by ear will follow. > > I don’t notice #2 nearly as much in these days where a lot of folks > have clip on tuners. In pre tuner days (anyone remember them??!!) the > jams that had been going the longest were often a half step sharp, > sometimes more. After playing all night, you’d get your instrument > out of the case the next morning, hit a tuning fork and > > WOW, were we THAT sharp? Must have had a lot of fun last night... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
