Re: ATM "Tuning" a wire spider?

["Jim Miller" <jim@jtmiller.com>]

Well I put together my "one string guitar" and my first reaction is that
even 15lbs of tension is a heck of a lot more than I was using on the scope
spider. Also makes an extremely  high pitched note when plucked. Something
akin to the last fret on the high E string on a guitar. This is going to be
interesting.

jtm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Miller" <jim@jtmiller.com>
To: "Bill Prewitt" <bprewitt@neo.rr.com>; "ATM" <atm@shore.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: ATM "Tuning" a wire spider?



Someone gave me a good idea: make a one string "guitar" and "tune" it with
known weights. I'm making the "fingerboard" out of a scrap piece of AL angle
with two pieces of AL angle at either end for "bridges" and a 50lb fishing
scale to apply a known tension.

I'll then tweak the tension until it sounds like my scope and read the
tension from the scale.

Anyone got any requests? Musical, that is...

tnx

jtm