This is still very much a moot point. Some of the (numerous) interpretations of the recent discovery of a possible period stringing list lead to the conclusion that octaves were strung at the same tension as fundamentals but it certainly hasn't been proven as far as I know. I find that slightly less tension on the octaves of a well set-up lute works fine if the strings don't have any defects (unfortunately a big 'if' regarding bass strings). Best Matthew
> On Mar 1, 2017, at 2:07, Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> wrote: > > We now know that the gut octaves must be the same tension as the fundamentals > for the whole system to work sonically & intonationally. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
