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Post by alexandre on Aug 19, 2014 8:08:28 GMT
Back to the forum and here is a warm welcoming: it sounds as sweet as a vintage triplate can sound !!
... Wonderful instrument, thanks again for the photos & the audio clip Noah, it's a chance to hear such a rare model.
Do you plan to play or test it with nylon strings ? I'm curious of the result...
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Post by Colin McCubbin on Aug 19, 2014 19:51:43 GMT
Do you plan to play or test it with nylon strings ? I'm curious of the result... Hi Alexandre, I very much doubt that nylon strings will work, they just won't achieve the tension/down pressure needed to get the cones working. These instruments were made for steel strings, as were the early 'standard' single cone, large body National ukes. |
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Post by Noah Miller on Aug 20, 2014 11:14:13 GMT
I haven't tried them, but I believe Colin's correct. The tiny increase in tension from ball-end to loop-end strings was necessary to stop any buzzing, so I think nylon strings would just be a nightmare of rattling.
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Post by Colin McCubbin on Aug 22, 2014 13:30:42 GMT
Yes, although the cone rattle from nylon strings might make for an interesting sitar like sound!  Seriously, you'd also have to file out the string slots in the nut and saddle to fit nylon and that's hard to 'un-file'. I have the tricone uke made by Steve Evans (Beltona) when he, Michael and Mark first saw Andy Griffith's instrument, it had nylon strings on it and friction tuners, (actually I think Steve used tennis racquet strings on all his metal body reso ukes for some extra tension). After discussion with Steve he rebuilt it for me with steel strings and planitary banjo tuners and wow!! the sound volume increased, and the cones come alive. Aloha Colin |
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Post by leeophonic on Aug 26, 2014 19:58:57 GMT
Colin any pictures of the Beltona tricone uke???
The National one has great clarity from what I can make out from my computer speaker!!!
Lee
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Post by Colin McCubbin on Aug 31, 2014 22:40:41 GMT
Hi Lee, Only this one from Steve Evans' site.. it is at the bottom right.  I do have a pile of pictures on an old pc, one day when I get this self-built house finished (AKA 'The Folly' to friends and family, makes Hill Farm look like amateur hour. Seismic issues here mean that ICF construction is far more involved and complex) all my stuff will reappear from storage where it has been for the past 4 years, and I'll be able to engage more in the wonderful world of 'tin'.. ;-) Aloha Colin |
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Post by Matt on Oct 12, 2014 14:44:01 GMT
Try Peek Polish for getting the crap off
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