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Bobbie
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(7/24/01 10:18:07 pm)
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New weird sound
on G string
In the last month or so, every so often, my cello develops this
weird resonance on the B on the G string. It is similar to a wolf
note in that the pitch wobbles, but the sound deepens as if that
note is being played in a room with much more reverberation than the
room where the rest of the notes are being played. Anyone have any
idea about A) what is causing it and 2) how to get rid of it? Could
it be a string problem? I think it came after I changed strings the
last time but it didn't happen immediately if it did, and it isn't a
consistent phenomenon.
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TerryM
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Posts: 477
(7/25/01 10:45:02
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Re: New weird
sound on G string
Are you getting more sympathetic response from the other strings
since your string change? Some open strings respond better when the
same note is bowed on an adjacent string. I have found Obligato
strings to be particularily responsive in this way. Try bowing the
string and stopping the other strings to see if the effect is
diminished.
Terry
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Bobbie
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(7/25/01 10:54:08 am)
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Re: New weird
sound on G string
No, it isn't that kind of sound, and the B wouldn't get a response
from the other strings, normally, anyway. Also, no other B's on the
cello even a slight amount of the same sound. I think it did happen
first before I got new strings, now that I think back. And as I
said, it is very intermittent.
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Dick500
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Posts: 105
(7/26/01 8:39:17 am)
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Re: Noise
What kind of strings (brand, variety, gauge) are you using and what
were you using before you changed strings this last
time?
Dick
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Bobbie
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Posts: 545
(7/26/01 9:05:07 am)
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Re: Noise
Before and after: Larsen mediums on all strings. I've used them
before and never had a problem, and this problem showed up initially
before I changed strings. At that time I thought it was the weather
doing weird things, as we had gone from cool to very hot in a short
time.
I took the cello to my luthier yesterday after the
weird B annoyed me all through practice, and I could not reproduce
the sound when I got there. I did remove and replace a Bice wolf
inhibitor, but this problem initially showed up before I got those
wolf inhibitors, and I had tried adjusting it earlier and not been
able to kill the sound. I can understand how, regardless of the
reason for the sound, placing a wolf inhibitor just right could damp
it out, but the sound was gone without the wolf inhibitor on at all.
Then, at night, it came back, this time on the open D, and I
maneuvered the wolf inhibitor and got rid of it.
Let me
repeat that the problem existed BEFORE the Bice wolf inhibitor, and
that I used the wolf inhibitor for several weeks before the problem
showed up again.
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 Daniel
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(7/26/01 9:40:59 am)
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Re: Noise
Are you always in the same room when this happens, or has it
happened in other rooms? Just throwing out the idea that maybe it's
a resonant frequency for your room. Though that doesn't explain why
it comes and goes. ???
Dan
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Bobbie
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Posts: 547
(7/26/01 10:11:57 am)
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Re: Noise
No. At least, the first time, when it actually involved both the G
and C strings, it also happened at my teacher's house. This time it
has been only in one room, but it is clearly emanating from the
cello. The D variation was much wolfier than the B one, I assume
because that was an unstopped note. I haven't tried it this morning,
so far. I'm going to record it the next time it happens.
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