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Subject: Re: [HG-new] C natural on my higher D chanter
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 17:39:45 -0800
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Hi Rique:
Sounds to me like you have a low spot on the wheel; a place where the =
wheel isn't connecting very well with the string.  You could try to =
scrape the wheel a little to true it up; sometimes you can squeek by =
with just lowering the bridge a tiny bit (or filing it, if you don't =
have adjusters)

Re: high chanter- That string is usually so thin (nylon) that if it gets =
nicked, it's on borrowed time after that.  Aside from that, my =
experience is that it  seems to last a good while (about as long as my =
other strings).

Good luck
George
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Rique Meirelles=20
  To: hurdygurdy@googlegroups.com=20
  Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:20 AM
  Subject: [HG-new] C natural on my higher D chanter


  Hey, folks,


  I've been dealing with some issues concerning my C natural when I play =
on my higher D chanter... It makes a really unpleasant sound, but only =
if I play a long note.


  I know it could a number of things. I thought that maybe the string =
was too close to the wheel - or maybe not close enough?


  I'm attaching a really lousy recording to this message. Please turn up =
your soundboxes in order to listen to it and give me your opinion.


  Something else concerning the higher chanter... Do your string usually =
wear out easily? Or do you tend to cover with cotton ll the area in =
touch with the wheel?




  Thanks in advance for your help,




  Rique,






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  To the waters and the wild
  With a faery hand in hand,
  From a world more full of weeping
  than he can understand."

  The Stolen Child - William Butler Yeats -


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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Rique:<BR>S</FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
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to me like you have a low spot on the wheel; a place where the wheel =
isn't=20
connecting very well with the string.&nbsp; You could try to scrape the =
wheel a=20
little to true it up; sometimes you can squeek by with just lowering the =
bridge=20
a tiny bit (or filing it, if you don't have adjusters)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Re: high chanter-&nbsp;That string is =
usually so=20
thin (nylon) that if&nbsp;it gets nicked, it's on borrowed time after=20
that.&nbsp;&nbsp;Aside from that, my experience is that it&nbsp; seems =
to last a=20
good while (about as long as my other strings).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good luck</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>George</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [HG-new] C natural on =
my higher=20
  D chanter</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>Hey, folks,
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>I've been dealing with some issues concerning my C natural when I =
play on=20
  my higher D chanter... It makes a really unpleasant sound, but only if =
I play=20
  a long note.</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>I know it could a number of things. I thought that maybe the =
string was=20
  too close to the wheel - or maybe not close enough?</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>I'm attaching a really lousy recording to this message. Please =
turn up=20
  your soundboxes in order to listen to it and give me your =
opinion.</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>Something else concerning the higher chanter... Do your string =
usually=20
  wear out easily? Or do you tend to cover with cotton ll the area in =
touch with=20
  the wheel?</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>Thanks in advance for your help,</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>Rique,</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV><BR clear=3Dall>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>-- <BR>"For he comes, the human child,<BR>To the waters =
and the=20
  wild<BR>With a faery hand in hand,<BR>From a world more full of=20
  weeping<BR>than he can understand."<BR><BR>The Stolen Child - William =
Butler=20
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