[Ansteorra] ISo Laurels of Instrumental Repute

[Jeffrey Clark]

Pooky,

The absolute best thing you can do is to take the instrument to a luthier.
If the wood has been warped or weakend and you re-string it, or if you
string it to the wrong pitch or use the wrong strings you can destroy the
instrument.

Before you do ANYTHING have a professional luthier take a look at it. If you
tell me where you live I can find a good one nearby. If you will be at
Elfsea's Baronial College I can take a look at it, I have had some training
as a luthier over the course of my studies (but you should still take it to
a luthier).

-- AS Zorzi (who is not a laurel, but is a pre-professional musicologist)



On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Zach Most <clermont1348 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> To reduce strain on the wood most of the existing strings may have come to
> you
> quite loose.  This may explain why they don't sound very good, particularly
> if
> they're giving out either a dull sound or a multi-frequency twang like a
> sitar.
> You may be able to research how this beastie was intended to be tuned and
> either
> tune each string by ear to that pitch or use a digital tuner.  Simple
> tuners are
> getting cheap these days, and there are smart phone aps that will do it.
>  This
> ensures the expected tension on the instrument's body so you don't warp it,
> damage the bridge or snap a string.  Take your time.  This instrument might
> not
> have been played in years.
>  Gaston (also not a laurel, but I play a couple strange strings)
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Manners, Tabitha" <tabitha.manners at okstate.edu>
> To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 2:17:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] ISo Laurels of Instrumental Repute
>
> Just remember that "restrung all at once" does not mean removing all of the
> strings at the same time.  Replace one at a time in the same day.  ;)
>
> Liliana
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ansteorra-bounces+tabitha.manners=okstate.edu at lists.ansteorra.org
> [mailto:ansteorra-bounces+tabitha.manners<ansteorra-bounces%2Btabitha.manners>
> =okstate.edu at lists.ansteorra.org] On
> Behalf Of Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 1:49 PM
> To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] ISo Laurels of Instrumental Repute
>
> I'm not a Laurel, but I do know a bit about stringed instruments.
>
> Strings are meant to be replaceable, and are not supposed to be left on an
> instrument forever.  I would recommend replacing all of them at once *snip*
>
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