As one who fishes, the only reply possible is "Errrr...?" Eugene
-----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Daniel Winheld Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 3:52 PM To: Luca Manassero Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Chanterelle choice? If Mimmo could sell loaded gut/nylgut bass strings ("Bass" fishing?) to the fishing industry the availability could go up and the price would come down. 50 meters for 6 Euros anywhere on the planet is fine with me. Dan On May 9, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Luca Manassero wrote: > Hi, > I am using fishing nylon since now about 4 years with perfectly fine > results. It's plain, cheap and sings pretty well. And you can easily > buy more than 50 meters for about 6 Euros (at least in Italy). > Of course, you have to carefully measure the string length of your new > lute and use a string calculator to get the right thickness. There's an > excellent free lute string calculator here: > [1]http://calc.lauten.com/en/strcal_en.htm > My case: I have two Renaissance lutes (6 and 8 course) tuned in "real" > g (AD0Hz) with a string length of 63cm. They both use 0.45mm fishing > nylon for the first course. > Have fun, > Luca > [2]theoj89...@aol.com on 09/05/12 19.57 wrote: > > I bought a 7c ren lute strung in Nylgut. I love the Nygut, except for > the chante relle, it just doesn't seem to feel or sing as strongly as > I wish - it seems thi n. Do others have this problem? If so any > suggestions, I've thought of going bac k to a nylon (which would be > thicker?). Thanks in advance trj > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > References > > 1. http://calc.lauten.com/en/strcal_en.htm > 2. mailto:theoj89...@aol.com > 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
