I am most curious about these trebles. Apparently they are made in Italy, but sold through Belgium. If one clicks on the "e" on the web page, they are connected by e-mail to the distributor.
ed At 07:43 PM 11/24/2008 -0800, Daniel Winheld wrote: >They are not dedicated to lute- they simply make BY FAR the >strongest, most durable treble strings I have ever used - in my case, >a pair of .42 mm (perfectly true and in tune with each other) that I >put on my vihuela, a close copy of the Chambure artifact by Harris & >Barber. Got them in June, and only this past week is one of them >beginning to shred. That is the only string I get for the lute from >them; as they are expensive. I did get three strings for my bass >viol, very good on that instrument too. > >I imagine that they would be useful for courses all the way down to >the 4th & octaves, but the expense does not justify it- and for >sound, those durable trebles are not quite as sweet as the more >delicate strings. No free lunch! -Anyway, I have no issues or >complaints about courses from the second on down that I get from the >dedicated lute string specialists. Except the ungodly price of >Mimmo's current line up of loaded strings; but the trouble it takes >him to make one they are by no means overpriced. > >As I told Ed Martin, check the Universale home page carefully for the >sentence that says they can indeed make strings as thin as 0.36 mm. >That's thin. -Dan > > > > I checked Universale's website, do they have lute strings? I saw > > strings only for bowed instruments... > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >-- >Rachel Winheld >820 Colusa Avenue >Berkeley, CA 94707 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Tel 510.526.0242 >Cell 510.915.4276 > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1810 - Release Date: >11/24/2008 2:36 PM Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
