Thanks for all the responses - very helpful.
I ended up trying carbon fiber (Savarez Alliance) for the 4th course
(0.69mm, 2.4 kg tension), and am happy that the intonation issue is
resolved, and the tone is better. It took about 5 days for the string to
remain in tune overnight.
-- David
> I have an 8-course ren. lute, 570 cm string length 1st course g' (using
> a'=415 as a reference), and tend to play mostly 6-course early ren.
> music. I'm using nylon for the upper courses which results in a tension
> of 3 kg for the chanterelle and 2.1 kg per string for the 2nd and 3rd
> courses
I agree with Francesco and Thomas. I have tried almost every imaginable
string, but I keep coming back to gut, as it is the best sounding string,
without question.
I used to use carbon, but in my opinion, it is a very cold, shrill sounding
string. The good part about carbon is that it is incr
> > My teacher says that if you want longevity, use carbon.
> > But if you want a good sound my hear says: definetively use
> > gut. 8^)
> > Francesco
> And a modicum of masochism...
> RT
Not at all! I'm very happy with gut. My 3 lutes and my baroque guitar
mounted gut strings from the be
>> My teacher says that if you want longevity, use carbon.
> But if you want a good sound my hear says: definetively use gut. 8^)
> Francesco
And a modicum of masochism...
RT
But Carbon sounds *too* bright. It's good for instruments with
weeknesses but gut instruments deserve better strings ...
Am Mit, 2004-02-18 um 23.08 schrieb Herbert Ward:
> My teacher says that if you want longevity, use carbon.
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Thomas Schall
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> My teacher says that if you want longevity, use carbon.
>
But if you want a good sound my hear says: definetively use gut. 8^)
Francesco
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That doesn't meet my experience. I am using Nylgut for a fairly long
time and made rather good experience regarding durability.
My opinion: Nylgut is regarding sound and playability the best available
at the moment apart from the one or the other gut string and is a good
compromise between durabil
My teacher says that if you want longevity, use carbon.
ps.
Nylgut's niceties only last 2-3 weeks. After that it goes dead.
RT
>> I think a thinner string is required with adequate tension, but don't
>> have any experience with gut, nylgut, carbon, etc.
> I use carbon on 4 upper courses, happily.
> RT
>
>
The guys who sell lute strings are expert at this sort of thing (knowing,
for example, what's actually available). Call several of them on the
telephone and find one that seems knowledgeable and friendly.
One list of retailers is at
http://www.unm.edu/~ctdbach/music/lute_strings.html
A little wo
> I think a thinner string is required with adequate tension, but don't
> have any experience with gut, nylgut, carbon, etc.
I use carbon on 4 upper courses, happily.
RT
Hi, all
I have an 8-course ren. lute, 570 cm string length 1st course g' (using
a'=415 as a reference), and tend to play mostly 6-course early ren.
music. I'm using nylon for the upper courses which results in a tension
of 3 kg for the chanterelle and 2.1 kg per string for the 2nd and 3rd
cour
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