I have another opinion.In order to preserve the so called equal feel of
tension the octave string of the two of the course must have more tension
then the bass string. I suggest around 5% more. Why? because even if you
calculated the two strings of the course with the same tension the thin
octave string lost more percentage of its gauge than the thicker bass
string. this mean that, when it is tuned, the real tension is less. the
octaave string lost tension. In practice, you lost the equal feel of tension
and the two strings do not blend togheter in the best way giving the
impression that you are playing one string only.
One must compensate this thing increasing the tension of a 5% almost: a
course so aranged is much more better.
Mimmo
-----Messaggio originale-----
From: Matthew Daillie
Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 8:49 AM
To: Dan Winheld
Cc: Miles Dempster ; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: basses in octaves
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.
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