Le 3 nov. 07 à 14:08, Edward Martin a écrit :
At 01:42 PM 11/3/2007 +0100, Anthony Hind wrote:
Also he mentions the question of the octaves on the lower courses
having been historically about half the tension of the basses
themselves.
"6. Octave strings: the modern tendency is to apply a noticeably
lower tension than on their respective fundamental strings (Virdung,
1511 wrote that the octave's gauge must be half than the paired bass
string)"
Interesting. I was unaware of Virdung's quote, but I am also a gut
user,
and I have found this to be true. For me, the best results are
where the
octave is 1/2 the diameter of the fundamental. For instance, if I
have a
1.0 fundamental, the octave usually is around .50. It I use 1.6
fundamental, the octave ends up .80. It is interesting with these
equalities, that the tension in Kg or newtons comes out to be the
same,
which is the fundamental & it's octave end up being the same
tension. To
me, it feels and sound the best when strung in that manner.
To what extent would it be possible to raise the tension of the
octave to lower the tension of the diapason, so as to obtain a
thinner Pistoy instead of a Gimped or a loaded string. Could one
avoid using a Gimped or loaded string by this method? I assume not,
but I am thinking of Satoh, who I thought used relatively thin
Pistoys instead of gimped strings.
Anthony
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