I ,ve never heard of this before ,but maybe my drones are possessed by the tuning fairy or maybe its perfectly normal ,you tell me !!!!
When tuning my drones ,I always like to tune from flat up to pitch ,so what ever drone I,m tuning I will make it very flat, set it going and then tune it up to the other drone I,m tuning too.
If I have the tenor and middle in tune and then silence the middle drone to tune the bass to the tenor ,when I get to the point where the bass is in tune with the tenor the middle drone comes on all by its self and the same happens if I silence the tenor drone with only the middle drone going again when I bring the bass up to tune with the middle drone the tenor comes on automatically ,so all three are playing in perfect tune . Anyone else have drones that do this ???
RORY
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It could be caused by sympathetic vibration. It's a frequent occurrence on stringed instruments. Hit the 6th string on a guitar and it'll cause the 1st string to vibrate.
I've a version of this on my bari reg. Sometimes when I play a 2nd octave F# on the chanter, and I hit the F# key on the bari reg, it'll also play in the 2nd octave. If I close the chanter or play a different note, the reg will quickly fall to the first octave.
I've a version of this on my bari reg. Sometimes when I play a 2nd octave F# on the chanter, and I hit the F# key on the bari reg, it'll also play in the 2nd octave. If I close the chanter or play a different note, the reg will quickly fall to the first octave.
PJ
