I forward this as it seems to have been sent just to me, but intended for the list. JWM
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Marion Ceruti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:04 AM Subject: Re: Nylgut > Bruno, > > I have found that Nygut has a very close sound to that of gut but > it also has the durability of nylon. Gut strings wear out faster > and are more fragile. At this point, I am not ordering any new > nylon or gut strings for my lutes and Lombard mandolins. It > is all Nygut from now on (with the lower strings metal wound of course). > > Best regards, > Marion > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Feb 16, 2005 11:10 PM > To: "'lute@cs.dartmouth.edu'" <Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>, > Bruno Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Nylgut > > Bruno, > > I can't speak to the nuances of sound between the several materials - I'll > leave that to those who have tried them all. > > But physically nylgut is closer to gut than to nylon in the selection of the > guage. Oliver Wadsworth's StringCalc32 (which I downloaded as freeware, but > I don't remember where from) uses a density of 1.36 for gut, 1.30 for > Nylgut, and 1.12 for nylon. Putting that to an actual example - a 60cm. lute > with a desired tension of 35 Newtons, at a pitch of g' would use 0.39mm gut, > 0.40mm Nylgut, and 0.43 nylon. Taking it down an octave to g it would be > 0.78mm, 0.79mm, and 0.86mm (in the same sequence, and the same tension). > That isn't meant to be a practical example, merely an indication of the > pitch characteristics of the guages. You'll notice that the Nygut and gut > have similar differences, but the difference for nylon expands. Taking it to > the ridiculous (another octave down to G) it becomes 1.55, 1.59, 1.71. > > Of course this reflects only the pitch at the specific 35 Newton tension I > picked, not the tonal quality (or if you would use such thick strings at G). > > > Could anybody tell me how close to gut is nylgut? > > So the answer to this question seems to be that nylgut is far closer to gut > than it is to nylon in the choice of guage. But there are other issues that > I'm sure many list members will address. > > Best, Jon > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
