Mathias,
Yes I agree with everything you said. I use those Saverz copper wound
basses with nylgut octaves. I am anxious to try Mimmo's type ' D"
fundamental, made for 13 course lutes. Have you tried them yet?
Not to beat a dead horse, but after about 300 years of lute making
tradition using a very specific successful bracing system, the swanneck
makers disguarded the old bracing and created a new one designed
specifically for the extended basses of the swan neck lute.
This new bracing cuts down on sustain and brightness, some of the
qualities one can associate with overly bright metal wound strings.
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: stopping basses
> "Dr. Marion Ceruti" <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> > ++Mostly we use what it is available at the time when we need a string.
> > That means Aquila or Pyramid. Do you know of a better source?
>
> I play with both of them, I happen to be content with them.
>
> > Don't use overspun octaves, is first. Gut, nylgut, or nylon is good, the
> > older the better.
>
> >> ++Do you mean strings that have been on the instrument for a while
> and have had a chance to >> stabilize or strings that were manufactured
> years ago?
>
> no, I meant to speak of worn strings, those that have already had some
> time to loose their brilliance. Same with fundamentals.
>
> > Second is, don't use new wound fundamentals - the older the better,
> > again. If that applies to average 7 to 11c lutes, how the much more so
> > to 13c swan neck models.
> > My farthing of a thought :)
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Mathias
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