Dear all My initial query was out of curiosity, sprung from my own fiddling with tuning (VT) to a lowered tension on my 8-cs ren lute, and retuning a bass by one whole tone. I had no idea that such an extensive response/debate would ensue! My faith in the list as a vast repository of knowledge and experience willingly shared is once more upheld. Thank you all!
Best regards, Leonard > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html