Thanks all for the most useful tips. I had feared as much, that guitar
strings wouldn't do the trick. Being someone who's got 10 left thumbs when it comes
to practical matters, I hate anything fiddly like putting on new strings, and
had just hoped there might be a way of getting the strings to l
Pergaps it may be generally true that a thicker string is stiffer, this is
not in each instance. For example, with some different ways of twisting
gut, it is possible to make a thicker string that is more flexible than its
thinner counterpart.
This is an important factor, as not all gut string
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, James A Stimson wrote:
> "Proper diameters" and "more limp" are two sides of the same coin. Guitars
> ...
> This seems utterly obvious. Am I missing something here? Maybe some of the
> smart guys on the list can help us out here.
Of course thicker strings are stiffer. In fac
Tony has it down cold, a string is a string is a string. But guitar strings
are packaged according to the course (pitch) and are designed for a
particular tension (the guitar wants a higher N than the lute, only for the
sound) at the standard length of a guitar. If you have a guitar of a
different
[EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is it in fact possible to use guitar
> strings on a lute, at least as far as the higher strings are concerned (the
> upper G-string, the two D-strings)?
These are the ones that definitely wouldn't work, unless your lute is made
out o
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From: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: Guitar strings on a lute
> Hi Tom:
>
> You probably had a "G" string snap because it was too thick fo
ving tried, in my
early days of Lute playing, to utilize Guitar strings on a Lute I found them
totally unacceptable. You might get away with a couple of base strings but
when I tried this I found them to be thuddy and lacking the kind of response
a Lute specific string will produce. In short
Sorry to but in, but I've just seen this message, though being new to the
circle missed the start of the conversation. Is it in fact possible to use guitar
strings on a lute, at least as far as the higher strings are concerned (the
upper G-string, the two D-strings)? I've wondered abo
ewart McCoy"
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Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: Guitar strings on a lute.
> I sit corrected Stewart, but how did you count them?
>
> I guess I am reluctant to do my pontifications without a caveat
saying that
> I don't know the lu
I sit corrected Stewart, but how did you count them?
I guess I am reluctant to do my pontifications without a caveat saying that
I don't know the lute. My lady says "ask Murphy the time and he'll tell you
how to build a watch". I am an inveterate analyst, even on topics I don't
know.
Best, Jon
>
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Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: Guitar strings on a lute.
> Hope someone may gain from this, your newbie,
>
> Best, Jon
> G'day Jim,
>
>
> When local luthier Mel Wong retopped and renecked my old german "lutar" we
> kept the same string length: ~69-70cm and it tunes very nicely to E. By
> working w/ a lighter top but keeping the same string length, for some
> reason the Wadsworth string calculator suggests the same
n
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From: "James A Stimson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: Guitar strings on a lute.
>
>
>
>
> Dear Herbert:
>Dear Herbert:
> "Proper diameters" and "more limp" are two sides of the same coin. Guitars
>are strung at about 5 kilos of string tension, lutes closer to 3 kilos.
>Also, tenor lutes are tuned in G, guitars in E, although their string
>lengths are similar.
G'day Jim,
When local luthier Mel
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exas.edu>cc:
Subject:
Why can't one use guitar strings on a lute? Is it merely that they are
not available in the proper diameters? Or do lutes need strings which
are, say, more limp?
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