"...and my guess is that these strings may last forever.."
While no doubt true, and good thing as well, ALL unfingered lute bass
strings last virtually forever! My Baroque lute student has had the
original (and unspeakably vile) metal overspun strings on his otherwise
very fine 13 course lute for at least 10 years now; only his 7th course
is starting to become tolerable from the occasionally fingered A-flat
and B-flat. I do my part keeping string builders and merchants afloat
because of my perceived need for new & improved strings, and/or radical
re-evaluations of tension/sonority/pitch considerations.
Thanks to all for answering my little shopping questions- but as they
are flying off the shelves so fast, I may have to wait awhile; at least
until Mimmo gets the bugs out of the factory. Can't stand it when I can
only get some a set to fill out a particular range.
Onwards!
Dan
On 1/9/2017 9:02 AM, Bruno Cognyl-Fournier wrote:
and my guess is that these strings may last forever..
Bruno
2017-01-09 11:56 GMT-05:00 Dan Winheld <[1]dwinh...@lmi.net>:
Fascinating thread! I am delighted that after over 40 years in the
lute "business" (even mostly amateur) that good bass strings may be
emerging as an obtainable, affordable, predictable, and PRACTICAL
reality. Mimmo Peruffo is to be congratulated for all his work over
all these years.
Now, can anyone tell me if the new basses are now available in the
U.S?
Thank you all-
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