if i understand you correctly then this is where the men get separated from the boys ...
i screwed the peg into the butt end of my oud - knowing there was a block of wood large enough to support it. screwing another peg THROUGH! one of the staves making the bowl gives me the fan-tans just thinking about it. most ouds have 12 peg holes and 11 pegs - the single bass string being in accord with the remaining paired courses. i simply threaded a leather thong through the tiniest, empty peg-hole at the top. squeamishly - bill --- Vance Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would assume if you make the mistake of screwing > the peg into the joint > itself you will have a problem, the peg should be > screwed into the neck > block. > > Vance Wood. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "guy_and_liz Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 6:32 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute straps (genuinely about > straps and lutes) > > > > > > A lot of folks, myself included, attach their > straps like that, and this > is > > the first I've heard of anyone having any problems > with the neck joint. > > > > >From: bill kilpatrick > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: lute net <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > > >Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute straps (genuinely about > straps and lutes) > > >Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 16:27:50 +0100 (BST) > > > > > >i screwed one of those strap pegs into the butt > end of > > >my oud, made a leather strap with leather thong > to > > >attach it to the peg box and i have to say it > looked > > >ok - comfortable too - but i just pulled it all > off > > >again. > > > > > >the weakest point on an oud - i presume it's also > for > > >a lute - is where the neck joins the body. both > my > > >ouds - one cheap, the other not - started to > buckle at > > >this point, thus causing string buzz and it > occurred > > >to me (duh! ... duh-duh!!) that placing an over > the > > >shoulder strap on the instrument puts tugging > pressure > > >at both ends and probably helped to bend it back > on > > >itself, aggravating the aforementioned buckle at > the > > >neck/body join. > > > > > >if someone warned me of this beforehand, i > obviously > > >didn't get it. > > > > > >- bill > > > > > >early music charango ... > http://groups.google.com/group/charango > > > > > >Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information > at > > > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > early music charango ... http://groups.google.com/group/charango ___________________________________________________________ Switch an email account to Yahoo! Mail, you could win FIFA World Cup tickets. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
