[LUTE] Re: Re New Savarez harp strings?

2010-12-10 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Theo Just recently on the French Lute list, Carlos Gonzales, president of the Sp anish Vihuela society, and lutemaker, has sopoken highly of these strings vihuel a (President Carlos Gonzales)spoke about this; See the thread here, $ Re: [Le_luth] Cordes vihuela - demande `a

[LUTE] Re: Re New Savarez harp strings?

2010-12-10 Thread Martin Shepherd
Dear All, I have been using these KF strings for some years. The smallest diameter is .95mm, but this is the equivalent of a gut string of about 1.07mm. The one I use is KF95A, but I think the A just refers to the fact that it is a 2m length. It works well as a 5th course on a renaissance

[LUTE] Re: Re New Savarez harp strings?

2010-12-10 Thread Martyn Hodgson
, 10/12/10, Martin Shepherd mar...@luteshop.co.uk wrote: From: Martin Shepherd mar...@luteshop.co.uk Subject: [LUTE] Re: Re New Savarez harp strings? To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Friday, 10 December, 2010, 12:19 Dear All, I have been using these KF strings

[LUTE] Re: Re New Savarez harp strings?

2010-12-10 Thread Daniel Winheld
Sounds suspiciously similar to KFG. (So-called Karbon FIbre Gut?) I have been using them in some applications for years, and in fact the thinnest is .95 mm and I have used them on C-5 in the past, feels equivalent to 1.04 to me, very close to Martins's. Perfectly satisfactory as unisons,

[LUTE] Re: Re New Savarez harp strings?

2010-12-10 Thread wikla
advantages. --- On Fri, 10/12/10, Martin Shepherd mar...@luteshop.co.uk wrote: From: Martin Shepherd mar...@luteshop.co.uk Subject: [LUTE] Re: Re New Savarez harp strings? To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Friday, 10 December, 2010, 12:19 Dear All, I

[LUTE] Re: Re New Savarez harp strings?

2010-12-10 Thread wolfgang wiehe
, 10. Dezember 2010 22:06 An: Edward Martin Cc: Martyn Hodgson; Lute List; Martin Shepherd Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Re New Savarez harp strings? Used those for years - they last forever... Never noticed any inconsistencies in diameters, neither any falsinesses in tuning. The very thick ones doesn't