I've had similar problems with my 67cm lute tuned to f' (440). The string lasted a few days then snapped - this happened a couple of times. I'm now using nylon for my first course.
Bill From: R. Mattes <r...@mh-freiburg.de> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, 13 June 2013, 14:36 Subject: [LUTE] Aquila Nylgut Problems Dear collected lute list wisdom, I just tried to switch my (late) medieval lute from all gut to all nylgut, everything fine, except: the top strings (63cm / g' @ 440 Hz - using 0.42mm) can't be put up to full tension. Both strings imediately break directly at the bridge. Strangely the aren't even close to their breaking point (at least they still feel quite elsatic). Bridge design can't be the problem - the bridge is rather soft and well worn out (and I never had a broken top at the bridge, even in much thinner gut). Is this a known problem. Did I get samples from a bad batch? TIA Ralf Mattes P.S.: off course this always happens the day before an important rehearsal ... -- R. Mattes - Hochschule fuer Musik Freiburg [1]r...@inm.mh-freiburg.de To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:r...@inm.mh-freiburg.de 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
