The very problem is that you are using nylgut for your trebles. Nylgut is a polymer, and it is in a constant state of stretch, and therefore, it becomes smaller diameter in time, as you have discovered.
If you have this 59 cm lute at G at 440, you must use a 0.46. in order to end up with a string that is not too thin. The best solution would be to use nylon, or gut. Those 2 strings will not change, and will give more satisfactory results. For my taste, I usually go with about 40 N. tension, which feels and sounds better, in my opinion. If you use a gut treble, you can go even lighter than 36 N., as gut responds much better at lower tensions than does nylgut. ed At 08:53 PM 4/20/2010, Bruno Correia wrote: > This question must have been touched several times, but as I am rarely > pleased with the string tension on my lute I'll raise it once more: Is > it better to have the chanterelle at 36 N? the conversion is about 3.67 > Kg. The problem is that nylgut gets thinner with age and this affects > the final gauge of the string. According to Paul Beier's calculator > that means a string of 0,40 NG (lute in G with 59 cm), a very thin > string for the first course. > > I had previously a 0,42 which was btw very light to my touch, but the > surprise came when I mesuared it on tension and it was less than 0,40, > actually if I remember well it was about 0,38. So, how can we possibly > know the final tension of the string to have the right gauge? At the > moment I have a 0,44 and I'm not pleased at all with the sound... > > > > Coments welcomed! > > -- > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: e...@gamutstrings.com voice: (218) 728-1202 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name http://www.myspace.com/edslute
