LOOSE STRING PROBLEM

One having loose string problem when it is tuned one tone lower than Turkish tuning mode, may be a typical Turkish oudoid: An instrument which has not been constructed in a proper way to gain a well balanced and equally scattered resonance areas, may probably produce a relatively satisfactory sound when only tuned to comparatively high scale and its strings will be too loose when it is tuned to a lower scale. The feedback of the total vibration data causes this effect. If a soundboard was constructed as containing well scattered and excitable susceptible but stiff areas that are good for resonance at the frequencies of higher harmonics (produced by the strings), dominantly vibrating parts of the strings are now those which produce higher harmonics and take place towards the both ends of the strings. This sort of vibration pattern is sensed as stiffness of the strings. If the lower harmonics are dominant then, the middle section of the string will vibrate in bigger amplitude so we call it " a loose string". This must have been caused by thin soundboard and weak braces both attribute tendency to resonate by low frequency excitation. You can find detailed information about the topic in my website, www.oudmaster.com