Hello there, I have an 8c lute now since 10 months and from the beginning I'm "unhappy" with the sound of the unison C strings on it. I changed the plain Aquila strings to round-wound Aquilas but to me it sounds quite the same. What I'm missing is the high frequencies that we have on 6c instruments with the octave string. In my mind I call the current sound "plastic-y". The maker of the instrument suggested to try out the Savarez early music strings but I do not think I would recover high frequencies with them.
Any remedies that you have tried out with success other than "just get used to it"? An octave string shouldn't be a good idea because it would confuse voices. Hoping for some suggestions, Jurgen ---------------------------------- "Close your eyes. Fall in love. Stay there." JalÃl ad-Dën Muhammad Rumi To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
