You could try Aquila CD strings or (as you were considering) Savarez PVF. Best,
Matthew On 23 nov. 2019, at 13:17, Jurgen Frenz <eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com> wrote: > 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." > > JalÄl ad-DÄ«n Muhammad Rumi > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
