On Nov 27, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Manolo Laguillo wrote: > if the sound is better when you go down to 415, then perhaps you must > reconsider the stringing and tensions with 440. I mean (just asking): > could it be that the lute is suffering from too high a tension now?
I'm not sure. The stringing was calculated for G tuning at 66.5 cm, but possibly G tuning is just pitched too high for that particular instrument. Whatever it is, I'm very soon going to return it to the original F tuning. See what happens then... David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
