Guitar Staff Instructions

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1 Guitar Staff Instructions Determine eligibility: Patron must have less than $15 in fines Library record must be up to date and not expired Patron cannot be in collections Patron cannot use teacher library card. Must use personal card Patron cannot have a TEMP card SAM account cannot be blocked. Millennium will have a note in patron s record if SAM account is blocked. If patron is under 18. Verify ID but do not add number to patrons record Verify Driver s License or government (Any government not just U.S.) issued ID. Must also verify current address. The ID number will be added in III with an X Note (i.e. X GREEN CARD A ) except for CA DL which already has a designated field. o Acceptable forms of ID CA Driver s License or ID card Passport Out of state Drivers License Consulate picture ID Official photo ID from other countries Green Card o Non acceptable forms of ID School picture ID Check cashing card with picture Bank card with picture SIGNUP Have patron fill out a new Guitar Loan Agreement every year, or when agreement has expired. Make sure patron initials all areas under FINES/FEES. Borrowers over 18 must have Drivers License # in III, or a government issued ID. If ID number is not in III, add to library record Borrowers under 18 must have guardian present with Drivers License, or government issued ID. ID number will be written on Guitar Loan Agreement but does not have to be added to III Add an X Note in III stating GUITAR LOAN AGREEMENT SIGNED. EXPIRES 1/21/11 MT/IE Add another X Note if you have to add a government issued ID # Each location must have a Guitar Loan Agreement on file, updating the X note in III. Also at HMB, MP/1H. Make copy of loan agreement. Keep original at branch and give copy to patron. Keep Guitar Loan Agreement for 1 year in branch. See binder at Accounts Desk. File the loan agreement by patron s last name. CHECKOUT GUITAR Guitars are checked out on a first come first serve basis for 8 week time periods. Give patron copy of SAN MATEO COUNTY LIBRARY Guitar check-out Information Check III for Note regarding active Guitar Loan Agreement o If there is no X Note, have patron SIGNUP Place the guitar in its corresponding numbered case.

2 Ensure that guitar comes with each of the following o Case o Unbroken Strings o Tuner o At least one guitar pick Show patron the condition in which the guitar and supplies are being checked out. Checkout guitar in III and hand to patron in its case. Remind patron of due date. CHECKIN GUITAR Guitars are due after 8 weeks or three days before the beginning of guitar lessons, whichever comes first. 1. Patron must bring guitar, case, and tuner to the Account Desk for checkin. a. Open guitar case, inspect for damage, and ensure all parts are present b. Look for all 6 strings to ensure that they are still intact. If strings are broken, please replace. c. Checkin guitar in III d. Return case to storage and guitar to the display wall or the wall in the manager s office. Display wall should be filled first. When Display wall is filled, then place guitars on manager s office wall. FINES/FEES Guitars begin accruing fines at a rate of $5 per day after the due date up to $50. ITEMIZED REPLACEMENT COST Hohner Classical Guitar $ Carrying Case $ Tuner $ RETURNED DAMAGED Guitar returned damaged and patron still present. 1. Note the problem to patron and advise of the amount due 2. Add the amount to the patron record Guitar returned damaged and patron not present 1. or call patron and explain the damage to the patron. Explain how much will be owed for the damage 2. Add the amount to the patron record MAINTENANCE Guitars should be wiped clean when returned with soft cloth with no detergents or cleaners 1. Check strings 2. Turn on tuner and turn it off 3. Check carrying case for damage 4. Replace pick if necessary

3 GUITAR PARTS TUNING

4 STRING REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE Change one string at once (in the photos they ve removed other strings so you can see what's going on more easily). Start with the bottom string - it settles fastest; by the time we replace the top string, we have a "good" string to tune to without needing electronic tuners or tuning forks all the time. Some overwound strings have a "good end" and a "bad end" (with a sparse winding) - it's not a manufacturing fault. If we tie the bad end at the bridge and part of the sparse winding extends onto the vibrating length of the string, the string will sound out. Tie the knot using the end of the string that's at the top of the picture. Lay the guitar on your lap, and sit well away from objects like tables, because the first time you do this, the guitar may slide around. Pass the good end through the hole and leave yourself enough to work with. You can cut off any spare string later.

5 As you feed the string through in the direction of the red arrow, take the good end and pass it under the string. In the photo, we've made a larger loop than we need, simply so you can see it more clearly. If you are left handed, you might want to do the mirror image of this - indeed, if you look at the photo, the top strings (which I haven't replaced yet) are a mirror image of the knot I'm about to tie. Take the free end in your right hand and tuck it under the string (see the arrows in the photos) In this photo it's gone under the string once. In the next one I've gone under again - take the free end, pull it towards you, and thread it back under the string, just to the right of where it goes under here. See the arrows in the next photo, but that photo is after the knot is tightened. HINT : The monofilament strings are very slippery - loop round 3 times, rather than 2 - then you can be sure they will never slip. HINT : When you have looped it, trap the free end at the back of the bridge, as shown here - it is more secure! Pull gently on the vibrating part of the string to tighten the knot, but don t overdo it - let the knot seat itself under tension. If you lever the knot really tight, you will put a sharp kink in the string as it passes from the bridge saddle to the hole in the tie-block. A gentle kink is fine - it shows the knot is holding. A severe kink stretches the fibres in the taut portion of the string unevenly -

6 some will snap, leading to the eventual failure of the string where the knot is tied. At the tuning peg end, rotate the appropriate roller (arrowed) so that the hole is aligned as shown. Drape the string over the roller. From the underside of the roller, bring the string through the hole. Many guitarists believe that the more windings there are on the roller, the more the string misbehaves when there are changes in temperature. To minimise the wrap, pull all the string through, seating the string in the nut slot as you do so. I've turned the peg a bit now so that you can see the arrows more easily, but there is no need to do so. In the last step, you passed the string through the hole and pulled it tight (the red arrow). Now take the free end over the string (green arrow) and back through the hole (blue arrow). It's as if you've stapled the string down!

7 Wind the string, ensuring that successive windings are adjacent, and on the side of the bobbin hole that's nearer the nut slot. If you let the windings stray all over the bobbin, they may reach the sides; further turns of the peg wedge the string into an ever decreasing gap, jamming the bobbin. If you apply more force on the peg, you might crack it (I've seen that done!) Because I pulled the string tight before I stapled it, there are only a couple of turns on the bobbin (the photo shows the string in tune). And finally... Don't worry about the string straying on the bobbin once it's in tune - the amount of adjustment you'll make is tiny. The last job is to trim the ends of the strings back. CAUTION : A long string tail at the bridge will reach the front of the guitar and can be the source of hardto-find buzzes! The more often you can tune the guitar back to pitch in the first few days, the faster it will settle down.