Good question, Leonard. I use Pistoys on almost all my lutes, for the 5th & 6th courses. The Pistoy is a very flexible string, and therefore, the most "in tune" fundamental bass string in gut. My Bb's even up to the 7th course, are wonderfully in tune, that is, the fundamental & octave are together.
Maybe the octave has gone false. Check it out! That often happens, and a new octave can remedy it. If not, the Pistoy may have gone false. That does not happen often, but it does happen. ed At 04:34 PM 8/17/2007 -0400, Leonard Williams wrote: >Magi delle corde: > This may not be truly anomalous, but it's a problem I've noticed >with the octave stringing on my 6th course. I'm using all gut from Dan >Larsen on my 590 mm g lute. I've been very satisfied with the sound and >feel of the strings. Here's the problem: > > My 6th course has a Pistoy twist fundamental with a standard treble >for the octave. When I fret the course (for some reason this is almost >always at the 3rd fret, Bb), the additional stiffness of the fundamental >(from thickness?) causes it to sound noticeably (to my poor ears) sharper >than its octave. My solution has been to tune the fundy down ever so >slightly so that both open and fretted notes are almost in tune. Tuning the >octave up a bit is unsatisfactory since it so obviously clashes with the >Bb's on the 1st and 3rd courses. > >Anybody else have this problem? Solutions? > >Thanks and regards, >Leonard Williams > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/957 - Release Date: 8/16/2007 >1:46 PM Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
