Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.00.1209031826360.1772@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: among them
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 18:28:26 -0400 (EDT)
among them just beneath the surface of the strings, the creaking of the wood, the lengthening crack, the split in the skin, snap of the wire or gut, peg slipping, the twisted neck, the staves separated, post dislodged, braces buzzing, the bridge lifted or the pad dislodged, air hissing, spring shifted or all tension lost, the bent posts, twisted rods, air oozing from the head joint maintaining pressure, positions, fingers adjusted for slipped strings, sudden decreasing tension, pads pushed slightly back with the edge of the finger, pads pressed slightly harder with the thumb, increasing pressure, bringing the body closer to the body swollen sound-boards and gut strings stretching, the looser tension lowering pitch randomly across sympathetics as well, bow sticking and squeaking, too little rosin, too much rosin, moisture inside the tube damaging pads, rusted spring, tarnished metal, broken pegs, stuck pegs, twisted bridge, misplaced bridge, slipping bridge, fretted octaves higher than harmonics, slack strings, strings too taut, cracked and broken windings, bent keys, in-line g key, playing stopped, retuning, recalibrating, slipped sympathetics, resetting positions, resetting frets, resetting bridge, resetting neck something rattling somewhere