Oops. I'm convinced that low tension is the way to go. I tune my 11c to 392. You can hear it here: www.songoftherose.co.uk - click on baroque lute.
Rob 2008/6/29 Nigel Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I recently tuned my 72cm 13-course down to a tone below 415 (with strings > intended for 392, so half a tone lower than that) and it really came to > life. Could it be the lower tension strings (now around 3.5 on the top > course, basses around 2.5, octaves 2.3or 2.4) or the fact that the pitch > suits the lute better? Does anybody else play baroque lute at such a low > pitch (and get away with it?) Pitch I know is a very debated subject, but if > you are playing alone (usually but not always the case with baroque lute) > surely you are less confined to what the Pyramid or Kurschner or Savarez > string chart says you should be using? > > Nigel > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
