I also very highly recommend Chris Henriksen of Boston Catlines. I got strings from him earlier this year and have been dealing with him forever. He's not tied down to any one source (I've gotten everything from gut, to carbon, nylon, nylgut, new nylgut, and perhaps someday neonuovonylgut) He is a professional performer on all the usual instruments himself (recording & concert artist) and has been putting sets of strings together for decades. The only other source I go to is Dan Larson, almost exclusively for his gut. Also recommended- and he has a great online string calculator program: http://www.gamutstrings.com/calculators/calculator.htm And his homepage: http://gamutmusic.squarespace.com/ Have fun, don't go too broke. Dan __________________________________________________________________
From: "howard posner" <howardpos...@ca.rr.com> To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 2:52:02 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings? On Aug 28, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Garry Warber wrote: > I'm thinking theorbo purchase... Where does one get a nylon theorbo > 14-course string set? Never mind the strings; where did you find a nylon theorbo? > I measured my 8-course lute strings, which went > from 100cm to 110cm; obliviously too short... Please, no "you must use > gut(!)" nonsense. Are theorbo strings bought individually? Please > name sources, if possible. Yes, you should buy the strings individually. Lutes and theorbos are not standard lengths, so an all-purpose "set" of them, such as you can buy for a guitar, makes no sense. Any instrument you buy should have strings already on it, so if the seller can tell you what they are, you can make changes as it suits you. And BTW, for long theorbo basses, gut works fabulously well and lasts forever. You can find a list of string makers/sellers here: http://www.unm.edu/~ctdbach/music/lute_strings.html Has anyone done business Chris Henriksen/Boston Catlines lately? I was once very satisfied dealing with him, but I don't think I've actually bought any strings in this century, and now that I finally need new ones, I feel like a string virgin again. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
