>My Hasenfuss- Weigert baroque is also "factory tuned", as a gambist joking >told me. I hardly ever need to tune , especially if I don't change keys or >if the weather is not too wet. I use a mixture of Aquila and Pyramid >strings. > >(Ok, "hardly ever" means every two, three days, but I've just had a >wonderful wine with a dessert which is a specialty from Piedmont and I feel >quite optimistic...)
All I can say is I'm extremely envious of all you folks that live in such stable climates. Kenneth will confirm the problems I have with tuning, as he showed up for the set where I could not get my lute in tune no matter what. Hey, I change my strings every decade whether they need them or not! :-) -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
