[LUTE] Re: New to the list (peg turner/hammer)

2011-01-15 Thread Anthony Hind
do, quite a joy. Anthony - Message d'origine De : howard posner À : Lute List Envoyé le : Ven 14 janvier 2011, 7h 04min 46s Objet : [LUTE] Re: New to the list > On Jan 13, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Claudia Funder wrote: > >> For last few days I haven't been able to tur

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-15 Thread Ron Fletcher
lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of howard posner Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 6:21 PM To: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: New to the list On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Roland Hayes wrote: > So if you won't get a good turner soon, or if you're still afraid of bre

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-14 Thread Martin Shepherd
Hi All, While on the subject of those pesky pegs I thought I might pass on some ideas about tuning: 1. Think about the tension on the string between the peg and the nut as well as the tension between the nut and the bridge. Ideally they should be equal. So, when you want to raise the pitch

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-14 Thread Stephen Fryer
Mark Seifert wrote: I have used chalk for decades to stop my pegs from slipping, and am worried now that I am doing something stupid, especially after the instructor mentioned above vehemently and without further comment rejected a chalk stick which I offered him when his own peg slipped just be

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-14 Thread gonzornumplatt
Dear Claudia, Looking ahead 6 months to a drier future down under, and borrowing trouble therefrom, may I share experience of having just the opposite problem in bone dry semiarid inland southern CA. At the LSA meeting someone whipped out a plastic peg tuner and I asked "what the h is that?" T

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-14 Thread Gernot Hilger
risk of breaking the peg, or, worse, the pegbox. g Original-Nachricht > Datum: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:04:21 -0800 > Von: Stephen Fryer > An: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Betreff: [LUTE] Re: New to the list > On 14/01/2011 8:43 AM, Edward Mast wrote: > > When I rec

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-14 Thread howard posner
On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Roland Hayes wrote: > So if you won't get a good turner soon, or if you're still afraid of breaking > the peg, you could try this instead, or let your builder do it for you Of course, Claudia's builder would need arms 11,000 miles long to do this. To get on or o

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-14 Thread Roland Hayes
al Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Hind Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 12:46 PM To: Claudia Funder; howardpos...@ca.rr.com Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: New to the list "Now that it's summer I am also experienci

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-14 Thread Stephen Fryer
On 14/01/2011 8:43 AM, Edward Mast wrote: When I received a lute that had sticking pegs (it hadn't been played in a long while) I didn't want to order and then wait for a peg winder. I used pliers. Two caveats, though: put enough tape on the jaws to keep them from marring the pegs, and be careful

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-14 Thread Anthony Hind
n they work well, as mine usually do, quite a joy. Anthony - Message d'origine De : howard posner À : Lute List Envoyé le : Ven 14 janvier 2011, 7h 04min 46s Objet : [LUTE] Re: New to the list > On Jan 13, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Claudia Funder wrote: > >> For last few days I

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-14 Thread Edward Mast
When I received a lute that had sticking pegs (it hadn't been played in a long while) I didn't want to order and then wait for a peg winder. I used pliers. Two caveats, though: put enough tape on the jaws to keep them from marring the pegs, and be careful not to let the pliers slip, fall and

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-14 Thread helen.atkinson
a safer option than mine. Helen -Original Message- From: Margaret Munck Sent: 14 January 2011 10:30 To: Claudia Funder Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: New to the list Stephen Gottlieb offers a peg turner here: [1]http://www.editor.net/lutemaker/a

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-14 Thread helen.atkinson
those pegs! Helen -Original Message- From: Margaret Munck Sent: 14 January 2011 10:30 To: Claudia Funder Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: New to the list Stephen Gottlieb offers a peg turner here: [1]http://www.editor.net/lutemaker/accessories.html $ "Occasionall

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-14 Thread Margaret Munck
Stephen Gottlieb offers a peg turner here: [1]http://www.editor.net/lutemaker/accessories.html $ "Occasionally pegs are very stiff, or simply a little small, and a peg turner is a useful accessory. This is a very simple tool, a turned wooden handle with a leather padded slot for t

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-13 Thread Martin Shepherd
Welcome, Claudia. Peg turners are fine as a way of protecting your fingers in the course of everyday tuning, but I worry about their use as a violent solution for sticking pegs. Apart from breaking the pegs, you could (even more expensively) break the pegbox as well. I think once your pegs h

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-13 Thread Franz Mechsner
Dear Claudia, with compassion I have followed the weather problems in Australia - slowly but steadily one asks oneself what will happen if the 2 degrees additional earth warming that seem to be accepted as inevitable among the world leaders and others have occurred soon in the futur

[LUTE] Re: New to the list

2011-01-13 Thread howard posner
> On Jan 13, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Claudia Funder wrote: > >> For last few days I haven't been able to turn the pegs at all. I've tried >> the heat/drying technique suggested but given it hasn't really helped. >> (Actually, I might try a hair dryerHmm) > > > Welcome, Claudia. I hope you unde

[LUTE] Re: New to the List

2006-03-23 Thread Vance Wood
uot; Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:47 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: New to the List > dear rob - > > welcome to the list - a pleasure to read your > introductory letter. > > your "clean shop" reference brought this to mind: > > http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthre

[LUTE] Re: New to the List

2006-03-23 Thread LGS-Europe
> your "clean shop" reference brought this to mind: > > http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=3497 > :-) I especially love the smile on the man's face. One happy guy! Brings to mind a certain workshop in London. Great lutes, great mess. Some makers I know have very _very_ 'clean

[LUTE] Re: New to the List

2006-03-23 Thread bill kilpatrick
dear rob - welcome to the list - a pleasure to read your introductory letter. your "clean shop" reference brought this to mind: http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=3497 i don't know if you're interested in ouds or not but the luthier (mohamed fadel) shown seated amongst the

[LUTE] Re: New to the List

2006-03-23 Thread Taco Walstra
On Thursday 23 March 2006 03:34, Rob Dorsey wrote: > I have two lutes Bob built for me, a 13 crs Dieffopruchar style at 76cm and > a 140/76cm Edlinger style theorbo. This theorbo is perhaps one of Bob's > most spectacular instruments and we collaborated on the design. It is in > ebony with ivory sp

[LUTE] Re: New to the List

2006-03-23 Thread LGS-Europe
Dear Rob Welcome to the club, I thinks you'll enjoy it here, and I'm sure we can all learn something from your lute making experience. David David van Ooijen Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Http://www.davidvanooijen.nl -