On 28 June 2011 00:43, David Tayler <vidan...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > David--how high would a silk treble go?
Untill it breaks. Sorry, no idea, I've never put silk on a lute. On my 77cm shamisen a standard silk third (the highest) string goes to d' and beyond. I've never tested how far beyond. Wat thickness? It has a number: 13 (nylon equivalent around 0.38mm). I have no idea about thinner silk strings, not for koto anyway. 0.36mm nylon / g' / 80cm / 415Hz Should work in theory, but you'd better have spool of spare fishing line ready. The Kuerschner slide rule says you can take nylon up to f' (80cm, 415Hz), putting you a whole tone in the danger zone, same goes for carbon, but steel should just do it. good luck and let us know David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
