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Topic: Weissenborn waltz in open D |
Jean-Paul Bataille
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Montreal, Canada
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Peter Funk
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Germany
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Posted 14 Aug 2019 2:23 am |
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Lovely!  |
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 15 Aug 2019 6:07 pm
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Nothing to be shy about. That is good music.
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Don't go in the water after lunch. You'll get a cramp and drown. - Mother. |
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Jean-Paul Bataille
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Montreal, Canada
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Posted 17 Aug 2019 9:30 pm
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I thank you for taking the time to listen.
Actually I'm not shy a bit, but this is not a kind of music a lot of forumites can easily relate to, so I'm just careful. |
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Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2019 6:26 pm
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What's the round thing by the nut on the second string?
Nice tune! |
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Lance Clifford
From:
Oregon, USA
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Aaron Johnson
From:
Lemoore, CA
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Posted 19 Aug 2019 3:05 am
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I very much enjoyed your song and playing. Thank you for posting it.
I'm curious about your weissenborn, what model is it? |
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Jean-Paul Bataille
From:
Montreal, Canada
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Posted 21 Aug 2019 7:06 am
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Thanks guys for the kind comment.
Paul, the "round thing by the nut" is indeed a Pitch-Key, as Lance indicated.
I mainly play in D tunings, so I use it on the 3rd string, along with a Keith-peg, to go from F to F# to G and back (minor, major and modal tunings). There are some tunes where I change inside the piece. Handy.
Aaron, the weiss is a deep body (probably made by Aiersi in China), and distributed in Canada by Twisted Wood. Since I live in Canada, this was the straightest route for me to own a weissenborn. Mahogany solid top, laminate back and sides. This is my first (and only one) weiss to date, so I have no comparison points. I changed the nut which was too low, enlarged the strings width, replace the three high strings tuners with banjo planetary ones (two regular and one Keith-peg), and added not only one, but two magnetic pick-ups. I use a strap under my thighs to keep the weiss in place, and I also modify my bars to obtain the exact rounded nose I want. That's about it. |
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