I must have gotten confused here. I was sure this thread was on the frettedfriends list. I suppose quite a few of my comments were a bit off topic at the cittern list. Sorry about that.
David Kilpatrick wrote: > > Dogal also have made silver-plated copper bass sets for mandolins etc > for many years. Oh no!!! Yet another string brand to test!!! ;-) > It's the extra weight of the copper which really makes > the difference, the silver is there to stop your fingers turning green. Not so with La Bella. The silver seems to make a significant difference to the tone there. Maybe it's because they're steel wound. > > I use Aquila Nylgut Alchemia hard tension classical strings. I don't > know any other string in the world quite like these. Haven't tried them myself yet, but there's another lute player in this town who speaks very highly of them. I'm really looking forward to trying them. > > www.aquilacorde.it That URL doesn't seem to work. http://www.aquilacorde.com/ does though. Seems to be the same company that makes Musikalia btw - or at least they use the same web designer. ;-) Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com http://www.tablatvre.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
