Daniel Shoskes wrote:
On Dec 2, 2007, at 4:40 AM, Nigel Solomon wrote:
Admitedly I was using wound strings (has anybody ever tried
keeping 24 gut strings in tune successfully
for the time needed to play a single Weiss courante?).
That is what I find interesting though. Long gut strings seem to be
much more stable in terms of keeping in tune (and getting them
there). I like the idea of long guts in the basses of a Jauch and
then nylgut and KF for the fingerboard strings.
BTW, I changed the 5th course copper wound on my archlute to the new
KF "G" strings. Wonderful sound and very close in appearance and
thunk to gut.
DS
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I find that the thicker the gut string, the more stable the tuning. On
my theorbo diapasons (170cm) gut seems relatively stable, much more so
than on the fingeboard strings where the thinnest is 0.54.
Still, I defy anyone to tell me whether the theorbo is gut or nylgut
strung in a concert with other instruments and singers. I think maybe
ones "audience" might notice the difference in your living room sitting
around the fire, perhaps the ideal concert conditions, you might say.
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