Mine do hold pitch, but I use gut strings - much better than nylon for three reasons: they are rougher than nylon, so don't slip so easily, the tension is perfect for the music, and they sound better. Do yourself and your guitar a favour - go gut!
Rob Rob MacKillop Musician In Residence Queen Margaret University 0131 474 0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] More info.: http://qmusicblog.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Stetson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 November 2007 23:17 To: early-guitar@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [EARLY-GUIT] Re: Gut (or gut alternatives) with bridge pegs. Hi, all, Thanks for the advice. Yes, mine has quite a bit of velocity when it leaves home, too. BTW, it's the 1st string (standard issue classical guitar nylon) that's given me trouble. I've gotten the overspun 6th string to stay in just fine. Haven't tried the others yet. I"ve tried the holding in trick, but haven't gone to full tension, assuming it would need to stay in on it's own eventually. Rob, do yours hold at pitch after you hold it in? To Jelma; it's new guitar, though not from a artisan builder. I thought it was a problem with peg fit, but a guitar dealer said no. It made sense, since a steel string stays in just fine, so I assumed it was the missing "ball" that was the problem. I fugured that the knot (I've got 4 stacked up on each other now) was slipping into the slot and applying pressure vertically to the soundboard, thereby pushing the pin out, whereas the ball (I imagine) gets lodged under the board and therefore applies pressure to the pin horizontally to the soundboard, thereby pushing the pin against the side of the hole. Anyway, I'll try the paper trick. I'm sure it will work out. Best, C. >>> "Music" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/25/2007 9:42 am >>> Hi Chris, I keep pushing the pin in with one hand whilst winding the string with the other. Not easy, but it works for me. I once was allowed access to a Panormo in a historical instrument museum collection. As I was playing, one of the bridge pins flew out, bounced off a nearby cabinet...and disappeared. I looked everywhere for it, but no avail. Eventually I had to inform the curator that I had lost one of their bridge pins. A small hunt ensued with five people scouring the ground and every other surface. Still no bridge pin. I felt awful, and eventually went home feeling sheepish. I vowed never to set foot in the museum again. However...while watching TV later that evening, I glanced down and saw the pin sticking out from the turn-ups in my trousers! I returned it the next day. Be careful with those criters! Rob Rob MacKillop Musician In Residence Queen Margaret University 0131 474 0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] More info.: http://qmusicblog.blogspot.com/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
