It is an old paper, and Toyohiko has certainly changed his ideas since that time. It was written with synthetic strings in mind.
At 12:30 AM 11/21/2011, David Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I was reading an article by Toyohiko Satoh in Vol. II (1969) of the LSA > Journal entitled "A Method for Stringing Lutes". In it he recommends > using 1/4^th to 1/5^th the tension on the octave string compared to the > fundamental and that this will emphasize the fundamental and put the > octave harmonic in balance. He also recommends the use of two different > thicknesses for unison tuning (1/2 the tension on the "right" or upper > string). > > > Does anyone know if this is common practice or if it was refuted at one > point? > > > Regards > > David Smith > > > -- > > >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 http://magnatune.com/artists/edward_martin
