Hi Bill, on my lute I have KF (Savarez) strings from 2 to 7 courses (and octave of the 8th), including basses, the only wounded I'm using is the bass of 8th. For the first I'm using nylon, as KF is really too thin. The KF for basses are harp strings I think (KFG ?), and the result is much better than copper or silver wounded strings, and close to gut basses. The info about those strings was given to me by Carlos Gonzales, Spanish luthier. You can hear how it sounds on my last videos. For example this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvy8J82ChLg
Val -----Message d'origine----- De : lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] De la part de William Samson Envoyé : samedi 26 novembre 2011 17:41 À : lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Objet : [LUTE] String material and inharmonicity Dear Collective Wisdom, Up until now I've mostly used nylon for my lute strings and it seems to be the case that nylon can't be used below the third course because fretted notes will not be true due to the material being too stiff. I have successfully used ordinary gut for a 4th course without problems. I am also aware that high-twist gut, roped gut and loaded gut work well on lower courses, but cost a lot. Does anybody know how nylgut, 'new' nylgut and fluorocarbon behave as 4th course strings? Are any of them satisfactory? Or would wound strings be needed? Any insights will be gratefully received, as I am planning to re-string my 10c lute - I'd like to stick with synthetics for cost reasons, but would also like to minimise the use of wound strings as far as possible. Thanks in advance! Bill PS I have also posted this discussion on lutegroup.ning.com - apologies for cross posting -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
