Frank Nordberg wrote:
> Never tried pure silver strings, but La Bella has some silver plated > mandolin sets. They produce a really wonderful brilliant tone, very > different both from bronze and nickel/steel wound strings. > Dogal also have made silver-plated copper bass sets for mandolins etc for many years. It's the extra weight of the copper which really makes the difference, the silver is there to stop your fingers turning green. I use Aquila Nylgut Alchemia hard tension classical strings. I don't know any other string in the world quite like these. The trebles have a sound more like gut than any other nylon subsititute and even the guitar G is bright and clear. The basses are a microfilament core of the same material, wrapped in solid silver, not plated. They are quite amazing but do not last very long. Given the price, that's a pity. They do lute sets and also ukelele - apparently the uke world finds them about the best strings ever made for bringing out the volume and tone which modern nylon misses. www.aquilacorde.it They sell by credit card, and the strings come most beautifully presented in a shipping carton, like getting a box of chocolates! David To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
