Charles;
I had always used Pyramid strings on my Rubio Lute, and they
sounded so great I tried them on my Velazquez guitar and they sounded
terrible. I now use Savarez 520B on my guitar and they sound good
enough-maybe I had it backwards! I should try Savarez guitar strings on
my lute as soon as I get it back from Mel Wong.
A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E.
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On Oct 18, 2014, at 12:04 PM, "Charles Mokotoff"
<[10]mokot...@gmail.com> wrote:
List,
I know, from my recent post, there are a minority of players on this
list who either own heavier non-historical instruments or own and
actually play them. I am in the latter group, with a 1977 Papazian.
I have tried a variety of strings, and its the trebles that seem the
toughest to get right. Too thick and they may snap, or be just
impossible to tune (I'd be better with geared rollers I know), too
thin
and the instrument sounds thin and reedy. I suspect if I were to tune
this beast in F it would solve a lot of problems, but am doing
ensemble
work mostly.
That said, I have been discovering that low tension guitar strings
work
fine for the basses. E.g., a 4th string will serve as a 5th course
nicely. I am going to try the same pattern: a 5th guitar string for
the
sixth course, and a sixth for the 7th and 8th fundamentals.A
Currently
I am using a KF 74 for the fourth which is surprisingly very good. I
tried a guitar string 3rd, Carbon Fiber for the fifth course but it
was
awfully wimpy sounding.
I was wondering if anyone else had ideas on this or has actually
tried
guitar strings as well and what the results were. I know the lutes
vary
widely, mine is 64 cm and I am keeping it tuned in G.
Thanks.
Charles
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