Dear Edward, I ordered some La Bella strings a few years back and their calculations were way off. I was able to do my own for the nylon strings by measuring the diameter but it was really hit and miss for the copper-wound strings as I didn't have any basis for calculation. The strings they suggested on their website were totally inappropriate (far too slack). I did contact them about this issue but they never sorted anything out. Shame, because their strings are well made and reasonably priced.
Best Matthew On 24 avr. 2014, at 11:12, "Edward C. Yong" <edward.y...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi lutelisters! > > So a student of mine picked up a set of La Bella lute strings w octaves and > we strung up her Turkish-made 8-course lute (59cm string length) with them. > > Then I noticed something very odd - the higher octaves were far too loose at > the correct pitch as they were flabby and flopped about. Checking the > diameters, I realised were basically the appropriate diameters for tuning at > TWO octaves above the fundamental. For example, the nylon octave D on the 8th > course was the same diameter as the nylon D on the 2nd course. > > Next, the tension on the bass courses seems far too low - they also flop > about and buzz annoyingly. > > This is quite perplexing - the tensions listed in the pdf on the La Bella > website already seem quite low, but when strung up, the strings feel far > looser than what is listed. Also, when I use Arto Wikla's string calculator > and feed in the density + string length + diameter, the resulting tensions is > significantly lower than what La Bella indicates. > > I haven't used La Bella in nearly two decades. Can anyone advise if I'm > imagining things? > > Edward Chrysogonus Yong > edward.y...@gmail.com > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
