Dull-sounding brass string

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October 11, 2009 at 8:56 pm #159773

Audrey Nickel
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The low F on my Dreamsinger Bard suddenly developed an odd, ringing, overtone.

October 11, 2009 at 9:17 pm #159774

Karen Johns
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I had the same problem with my low F on my Limerick, and it was due to the paint marker I used. The paint sank into the windings on the string

October 12, 2009 at 1:04 am #159775

Liam M
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My experience tells me it has started to stretch and will be breaking soon. Not sure the paint has that much effect, (Thanks Karen, I’ll test that in my test jig), but it seems reasonable.. to a degree… I always have used sharpies and just on the every ends and the eyelets.

October 12, 2009 at 1:35 am #159776

Audrey Nickel
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Karen…it’s not brass wound…just straight brass (no wound strings on this harp).

October 15, 2009 at 8:11 am #159777

renate-kvalsvik
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My low G (bass wire) has the same ringing overtone that your F had before you tried to restring it… So now I don’t dare to try and do so myself, since your string went dull. Does anyone know what can be the cause of such a strange overtone? The string is brand new and has been like that since I first put it on, but all the other bass strings are fine. Maybe I should order a replacement?

October 15, 2009 at 10:53 am #159778

jennifer-buehler
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A pentatonic scale is any scale with 5 notes.

October 15, 2009 at 5:11 pm #159779

Audrey Nickel
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I should clarify…I haven’t restrung that F.

October 15, 2009 at 6:53 pm #159780

Liam M
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Audrey,

I am really guessing…. but in my experiments I have noted that as the string stretches under tension, it decreases in guage. It gets thinner….so the mass per length actually decreases. The Mass per Length is part of the frequency, (Tone) equation…. So then you wind up compensating with tension….

October 15, 2009 at 7:34 pm #159781

bernhard-schmidt
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liam,

Yes, the string stretches under tension…this must be.

But after a while the string should stay without stretching.

October 15, 2009 at 7:39 pm #159782

bernhard-schmidt
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There more CD named Iona available,…so it is a secret at the moment and a real surprise.

Regards

October 15, 2009 at 9:03 pm #159783

Liam M
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I’ll take Bernhard Schmidt for $1000.00!!

October 16, 2009 at 2:38 am #159784

Audrey Nickel
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Hi Liam,

Yes…thanks for reminding me.

October 19, 2009 at 1:11 am #159785

Saul Davis Zlatkovski
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Don’t mark strings. As you have found, it can ruin them. You can learn to find the right strings with a little time and patience. The easier you make it for yourself, the less you learn.

October 19, 2009 at 11:08 am #159786

bernhard-schmidt
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I believe it is a good Idea to change to ball end.
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October 19, 2009 at 11:14 am #159787

bernhard-schmidt
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Liam,
I forgotten about the programm. After allmost 40 years of harpmaling with all the different harps I do not need a programm. I know it and most important I feel
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