Of the main copper-wound strings available, the fullest sounding and
brightest are the Kürschner followed by the Savarez, then the Aquila Ds
and lastly the Aquila DEs, which are pretty dull (and are no longer
being made although several retailers still have quite large stocks
available).
As far as I am concerned the jury is still out on the Aquila loaded
nylgut. Many of us have high hopes but there are production problems
(there has only been one batch so far and many diameters are
unavailable) and some strings can have considerably sideways amplitude
when plucked (even causing them to catch neighbouring strings!) as well
as intonation issues (but that is also true of a lot of wound strings).
Best,
Matthew
On 01/02/2017 22:25, David Rastall wrote:
It seems I am back playing Baroque lute once again, after rather a long hiatus.
It’s been long enough that I have forgotten some of the points of conventional
wisdom concerning stringing. I’m playing an 11c lute currently strung with
silver-wound basses and Pyramid nylon mids and trebles. I’m not so much
bothered by the sustain of the nylon strings, but if you folks can refresh my
memory: what is the best choice of basses to get a sustain which is not
downright thunky or chunky, but has shorter sustain than the silver-wounds?
David R
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