Edward: Check your string adjacent if possible and see how much stretch
it actually uses. Roland's advice sounds plausible. At 72cm I have a
little stretch (and less on the 60cm) but you should have ~3x as much
at 180cm. That may be all you need.
Although I don't have an extended neck, I do this all the time with gut
strings. I've probably saved quite a few dollars over the years. For
the top 3 courses, it's so gratifying to get two lengths from a 120cm
string on a 60cm lute.
It doesn't work quite as well for roped strings but there the secret is
to not cut a too-long string but to wrap the remainder around the
pegbox. Later, just reverse the string. (yes, I realize this isn't
applicable in the giraffes's cases but I hope it is helpful to others)
Sean
Sean
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 8:42 AM Roland Hayes
<[1]rha...@legalaidbuffalo.org> wrote:
You could try tying a leader to the peg box end and hope that as
you
bring it to pitch the leader ends up wrapped around the peg and
the
string makes it over the nut and reaches your pitch.
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Subject: [LUTE] Gut Diapasons >180cm
hi everyone,
where does one find gut strings for diapasons longer than 180 cm?
a
young friend has diapasons that are 182.5cm, and the Aquila 180cm
strings are too short to fit!
thanks for the help :)
best,
Edward
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