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Hi Bruce,
This is something that I have just recently discovered and yes very basic, I think I was the only one who didn’t understand! - that if the tuning pins are smaller in diameter the same amount of turn on the pin causes much less change.
I’ll bet the Dowd actually has smaller diameter pins. You might take a caliper and measure them at the area where the string is wound.
Tom
On Oct 23, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Bruce Jacobs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Pardon me for what I’m sure is a basic question.
I just finished a fun program with a cellist, accompanying his Vivaldi using a Dowd double flemish circa 1977. I also used my Zuckerman Flemish IX for a mashup of a Froberger Partita with the C Minor Bach unaccompanied cello suite, so I could play the Froberger in 1/4 comma meantone. (The mashup worked really well!)
When tuning the Dowd, it was striking how much less touchy the tuning is. The pins are the same size and the instruments are about the same length, but the Dowd strings don’t change pitch nearly as much for a similar crank on the wrench. This sure makes it easier to tune the Dowd….
What gives?
Is it a simple matter of different wire - mine having a stiffer composition?
Thanks
Bruce Jacobs
Saint Paul, MN
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