[LUTE] Re: ubricating Non-stretchy pegbox leaders.

2012-01-02 Thread alexander
I lubricate instrument nuts for living. I did try graphite (or lead pencil) in the past, but for the last... well, 15 or so, years i use a good quality bees wax, just lifting the string above the nut a bit and applying the wax on this little bit of the string. Many advantages to the method,

[LUTE] Re: ubricating Non-stretchy pegbox leaders.

2012-01-02 Thread EUGENE BRAIG IV
ever used the nail knot in fixing leader to instrument string? If so, how did that one work? Eugene - Original Message - From: alexander voka...@verizon.net Date: Monday, January 2, 2012 8:31 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: ubricating Non-stretchy pegbox leaders. To: Ron Andrico praelu

[LUTE] Re: ubricating Non-stretchy pegbox leaders.

2012-01-02 Thread EUGENE BRAIG IV
: ubricating Non-stretchy pegbox leaders. To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu I'm not familiar with the shell not outside of neck ties.  Is this the knot you'd intended, Alexander?  If not, can you refer me to a diagram? The nail knot to which I'd referred really has a low profile for line to line, and a bit

[LUTE] Re: ubricating Non-stretchy pegbox leaders.

2012-01-02 Thread alexander
? Eugene - Original Message - From: alexander voka...@verizon.net Date: Monday, January 2, 2012 8:31 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: ubricating Non-stretchy pegbox leaders. To: Ron Andrico praelu...@hotmail.com Cc: wa...@physics.utexas.edu, lute@cs.dartmouth.edu I lubricate instrument nuts

[LUTE] Re: ubricating Non-stretchy pegbox leaders.

2012-01-02 Thread EUGENE BRAIG IV
ever used the nail knot in fixing leader to instrument string?  If so, how did that one work? Eugene - Original Message - From: alexander voka...@verizon.net Date: Monday, January 2, 2012 8:31 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: ubricating Non-stretchy pegbox leaders. To: Ron Andrico