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Vance Wood.
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From: LGS-Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lute net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 3:24 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: double fisrst course
For what it's worth I have been using a doubled first course on an eight
course Lute for almost
of the single first course.
Vance Wood.
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From: LGS-Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 2:51 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: double fisrst course
David, please tell us how it works out for you - I think we may
David, please tell us how it works out for you - I think we may be
missing something if we don't at least try it.
I think so. I was walking in the Cité de la Musique among all those
Sellasses with double firsts, when my new archlute began to take shape in my
head. At least I should give it a
LGS-Europe wrote:
Trodden ground, I know, but anyway: can anyone give me practical advice on
the string tensions of a double first course?
My new (arch)lute will have a double first, and I'm also planning to string
my baroque guitar 5x2. 'Just a little' lower tension than usual, 'like the
I play Ren. Lute with a doubled first. In my oppinion the first course is
the first first course regardless as to whether it is a single chantrell or
doubled first, the string tension remains the same. If you try to fool
around with it by making the tension lesser you run the risk of having the
