Hi all, Nigel Solomon wrote: > Benjamin Stehr wrote:
> >Do the others on this list change the strings on their instruments >> between 415 and 440? > > Big instruments like theorbos don't seem to mind being tuned up or > down a semi-tone, a slightly harder or weaker tension doesn't make > much difference to the overall "feel". > On the other hand, smaller lutes react completely differently under > different tension and I think you have to be a bit careful not to put > them under too much strain. Nigel wrote nearly exactly, what I was thinking to write! Thus, I second Nigel's comment. The sound of my biggish Dieffopruchar 1608 theorbo is actually really quite loud in 440, perhaps too loud? ;-) All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
