Mimmo, Just to see if I have understood you correctly, please confirm or correct the following statement, which tries to put your explanation in another way:
If you want to have the octave at the same tension as the fundamental, you must choose a string whose thickness (before it is stretched) would apparently lead to 5% more tension. Once it is stretched, it will become thinner, and less tension will be needed to achieve the desired pitch. In summary, when choosing the string, try to estimate how thick it will need to be when under tension. Miles > On Mar 1, 2017, at 3:30 AM, Mimmo Peruffo <mperu...@aquilacorde.com> wrote: > > I have another opinion.In order to preserve the so called equal feel of > tension the octave string of the two of the course must have more tension > then the bass string. I suggest around 5% more. Why? because even if you > calculated the two strings of the course with the same tension the thin > octave string lost more percentage of its gauge than the thicker bass string. > this mean that, when it is tuned, the real tension is less. the octaave > string lost tension. In practice, you lost the equal feel of tension and the > two strings do not blend togheter in the best way giving the impression that > you are playing one string only. > One must compensate this thing increasing the tension of a 5% almost: a > course so aranged is much more better. > Mimmo > > -----Messaggio originale----- From: Matthew Daillie > Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 8:49 AM > To: Dan Winheld > Cc: Miles Dempster ; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: basses in octaves > > This is still very much a moot point. Some of the (numerous) interpretations > of the recent discovery of a possible period stringing list lead to the > conclusion that octaves were strung at the same tension as fundamentals but > it certainly hasn't been proven as far as I know. > I find that slightly less tension on the octaves of a well set-up lute works > fine if the strings don't have any defects (unfortunately a big 'if' > regarding bass strings). > Best > Matthew > > > >> On Mar 1, 2017, at 2:07, Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> wrote: >> >> We now know that the gut octaves must be the same tension as the >> fundamentals for the whole system to work sonically & intonationally. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
