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From: William Samson <willsam...@yahoo.co.uk>; To: Tom <tgw...@gmail.com>; Subject: Re: [LUTE] help on tuning Sent: Thu, Oct 10, 2013 6:53:37 AM It sounds like your octaves are at a lower tension than their partners. Try replacing them with strings at the same tension and see if that helps. Good luck! Bill Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android __________________________________________________________________ From: Tom <tgw...@gmail.com>; To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; Subject: [LUTE] help on tuning Sent: Thu, Oct 10, 2013 6:44:16 AM I posted this to the lutening group but thought it wouldn't hurt to try here, also. Hello everyone, I have what is probably a newbie question. I am unable to tune the 5th, 6th, and to a lesser degree the 7th and 8th courses to my satisfaction. When tuned so that the octaves have no beats between the two strings, the strings are out of tune when fretted. The octave course is invariably sharp, or at least sharp enough to drive me batty (although there are those who would argue that it's a drive...more like a putt). My ears are pretty good to within 5 cents of a tone. I've tried lowering the fundamental by a few cents, but it doesn't seem to help until the the two strings of a course are out of tune when open. Help!!! (please) -- Sincerely, Tom -- To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html