Sean, I'd love to see a picture of that if you can point at one? Anyone else having pictures to go with their various strap configurations, feel free to chime in.
> On Jul 27, 2015, at 1:32 PM, Sean Smith <lutesm...@mac.com> wrote: > > > Hi Herbert, > > When I'm playing and wearing the strap, its pull is about 35 degrees away > from the line of the neck (to the bridge). If you were looking straight at > the belly, the strings would pull away to the left, to the rear and at an > acute angle to the neck. The strings, after they bend around the nut, pull > the pegox into the join at the neck at about 35 kg (338 N if I've read my > StringCalc app correctly for my 6c). I can't see how the weight of the lute > pulling on the pegbox from *any* direction will significantly compete with > those 35 kg and its hide glue adhesive. The strap pulls from two strings: one > placed near the join and one towards the other end of the pegbox and they > pull, more or less, equally. > > Apparently I'm not understanding your observation. > > But fret not; I do worry a little. The endpin is only held in by friction > (and a paper shim to give it the right diameter). I make sure _never_ to pull > the strap from the bottom away from the lute! > > Sean > > > > On Jul 27, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Herbert Ward wrote: > > The force from the strap (to some extent) counters the force from the > strings. The strings pull the pegbox in one direction, and > the strap pulls it in more-or-less the opposite direction, so there > is a cancellation effect. > > A strap at the pegbox would be much worse if it pulled in > the same direction as the strings. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
