An Aquila banjo string worked just right for the second string of my baroque lute. I was able to use the remainder of the strings on other instruments. Even if I only bought the pack for that one string, it was still cheaper than buying a single second string. It also had the advantage of being the only kind of "lute" string I could just pop into a retail store and purchase off the shelf anytime.
Chris [1]Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, May 1, 2016, 3:56 PM, Ron Andrico <praelu...@hotmail.com> wrote: I will most likely be corrected by the string specialists who know better, but it seems that the "shiny" nylgut strings live on in the form of Aqulia banjo strings. incidentally, they are on offer for quite a bit less than the cost of lute strings. RA ________________________________________ From: [2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu <[3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu> on behalf of Matthew Daillie <[4]dail...@club-internet.fr> Sent: Sunday, May 1, 2016 6:16 PM To: Mimmo Peruffo; [5]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: unexpected phenomenon with Aquila 'shiny' nylgut Dear Mimmo, Thanks for responding to my email. Would it be feasible for you to offer two types of nylgut, the present formula which many players seem happy with, and the shiny variety which I know I am not alone in thinking was your best production yet? As for synthetic loaded gut, I have had countless conversations with luthiers and lutenists hoping that you would soon get round to producing it, thus offering a new solution to the problem of finding satisfactory bass strings. I did not get to see any samples but those players and makers I have spoken to who did, were all very enthusiastic. Best, Matthew On 01/05/2016 15:21, Mimmo Peruffo wrote: > Hello guys > Mimmo here. > a few answers to the question: > > 1) the shiny smooth nylgut was done to have stronger nylgut strings > for the guges thinner of .46 mm. > Unfortunately, 90% almost of players were not happy due to the > slippering surfce. It was a pity because making them in this way > produce very strong strings. They go up in tune very fast also > The problem is that sometime they are not even and this is why they > are sharp on the upper frets. They are made directly from the extruder. > > 2) we stopped to produce the tradictional rectified ones because the > thinner gauges were too fragile. Right now I have not understand why. > Actually they are very robust when they are polisshed and smooth but > after the rectification process they change and became less strong. > I tried a lot of solutions but with no good results. I agree that the > texture is not the best however i can do a better work when I will > have time for them. Rigfht now I am going to finish my job with the > harp strings because there is a very urgent problem to solve in this > field. > In short: the gut avalaible for these instruments -since a few years- > is very fragile- So many asked me to 'invent' a way to have a syntetic > that work similar to this very stiff and oververnished gut ( nylgut is > not o: too bright). The only alternative is the standard nylon that it > si not good at all. > > 3) loaded gut basses > it is not possible to make the ol loaded gut because the raw gut is > still not like in the past. This problem afect many stringmakers but > they do not admit this for obvious things. > HOWEVER, things are going to change: here in Italy we are going to > produce very good quality of gut ribbons, same of the quality of the > past. This job is not fst because there are people and money involved. > > 4) what about the sintetic loaded strings? > I have all the know- how to produce the sintetic loded bass strings. > My problem is that I am very busy with the harps strings, as mentione > before. > Fluocabon strings are ok of course however i wonder what will happen > when you will hear the sound of these sintetic loded strings. > I am very excited to start to make these ones because I heard some > prototypes on lutes & theorboes and they are excellent, ( to my feel > almost) > timing? well, to be honest i think that the harp strings will take to > me 3 months almost. yes yes, I told this thing againg in the past but > in those times I hd no idea how desperate the harp string situation was. > In November I will attend the EM festival in Greenwich: my dream is to > came with all these news on the table > Mimmo > > -----Messaggio originale----- From: Matthew Daillie > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 12:25 PM > To: [6]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] unexpected phenomenon with Aquila 'shiny' nylgut > > Dear All, > > I have just changed some strings on my 6-course in a'. For the top two > courses I used some nylgut strings from July 2014. These are the shiny, > smooth nylgut strings Aquila produced for a year or so before they went > back to the previous formula, apparently after complaints from > lute-players that the new strings didn't have enough surface texture! I > have tried an awful lot of nylgut strings over the years (there have > been umpteen formulas, although Aquila didn't always publicize the fact) > and to my mind these were by far the best for top strings: they were > clear, true (except for the first batches), spoke freely all the way up > the fingerboard, were very close to gut tensions for a given diameter, > were extremely durable and could be put up to pitch and be stable almost > immediately. A great pity they stopped producing them. > > Anyway, because I don't have many left, I decided to use one 0.44 > diameter string cut in two for the second course of my lute (which has a > 53 cm string length). To my surprise, one of the strings was incredibly > sharp going up the fingerboard. This morning I put it on the other way > round and it was fine! I have had similar experiences with some wound > and gut strings but I am very surprised that this should happen with a > small diameter nylgut string (maybe this was an unmentioned issue which > led to ceased production). > > Any thoughts, comments? > > Thanks, > > Matthew > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > ----- > Aucun virus trouvA(c) dans ce message. > Analyse effectuA(c)e par AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7596 / Base de donnA(c)es virale: [8]4565/12143 - Date: > 01/05/2016 > > -- References Visible links 1. https://yho.com/footer0 2. javascript:return 3. javascript:return 4. javascript:return 5. javascript:return 6. javascript:return 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 8. tel:4565/12143 Hidden links: 10. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
