[LUTE] Re: String tech

[Andreas Schlegel]

The breaking point of gut is around 250 Hz/m (some string makers talk  
from 240Hz/m - and Mimmo give the breaking point for his very strong  
type at around 260 Hz/m).
So a lute with 50 cm has the breaking point at 500 Hz. If you want to  
play - instead of changing strings -   you have to tune the string  
around one semitone lower.

Regards,

Andreas

Am 18.06.2008 um 22:48 schrieb Leonard Williams:

        On occasion the topic of "authentic" pitch arises: to what  
G, e.g.,
was a lute tuned?  Thre's that old dictum of tuning the treble to just
before it breaks.  So--my question is:  What is the breaking pitch
(frequency) of gut?

Regards,
Leonard Williams

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