Dear Hubert, I think there is some confusion here. The PUL number (poids par unité de longueur) is given by Savarez for its overwound strings so as to be able to calculate tensions and varies from one type of overwound string to another. It is not an indication per se of light or heavy tensions but enables you to determine a particular tension for a specific course. Savarez used to supply a string calculator in the form of an Excel spreadsheet but this is completely out of date and full of bugs. I tried phoning them this morning but the technician won't be in until this afternoon. I shall ring back then and keep you posted. In the meantime why don't you use Paul Beier's calculator, that has densities for Savarez strings? What type of string do you wish to use for the 9th fundamental? Best Matthew
> On Apr 25, 2016, at 5:00, Herbert Ward <wa...@physics.utexas.edu> wrote: > > > As an experiment, I put extremely light strings on my baroque lute. > This made the tone very difficult to control. This is pretty good > practice, but in a month or two I need to venture out of the house > with the lute. > > So it's string buying time. > > Can someone give me a Savarez PUL number for the fundamental of the > 9th course (E) at A=415 with a 68.5 cm string length? Also helpful > would be an indication of whether the PUL corresponds to heavy, medium, > or light stringing. > > Google searches gave nothing useful. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
