[LUTE] Re: lute strings advice

2012-06-20 Thread Edward Mast
Hello Stuart, I have one lute strung with gut, and one with synthetic (both 'G', 60 cm mensur). On the synthetic I use a Pyramid 0,475 string for the first course (a New Nylgut string tended to break). Second, third and fourth courses are New Nylgut (sorry, I don't have the gauges at hand).

[LUTE] Re: lute strings advice

2012-06-20 Thread WALSH STUART
Thanks to all for advice on strings. Stuart On 20 June 2012 19:03, Edward Mast [1]nedma...@aol.com wrote: Hello Stuart, I have one lute strung with gut, and one with synthetic (both 'G', 60 cm mensur). On the synthetic I use a Pyramid 0,475 string for the first course (a

[LUTE] Re: lute strings advice

2012-06-19 Thread Sean Smith
Hi Stuart, I know how you and others feel that gut is too expensive but I feel I ought to put my experience out there. 10 years ago I bit the bullet and bought 5th and 6th course fundamentals of roped gut. They came in a length that if not cut and the remainder wrapped around the peg