I have a questions about the bass strings on my orpharion. I am using strings from Northern Renaissance Instruments and on the lower string of the 5th course I notice that if you look at it near the 2nd and 3rd fret (the place that gets all the use) it looks like the string's spirel is not twisted as tightly as on the rest of the string. Does this mean that the string is false or wearing out? Also when I look at the fingerboard under those strings at the same frests I can see lines, parallel to the frets, made as the string moves a bit when I am fretting it. Do original citterns, bandoras and orpharions have these marks from the bass strings?
Thanks in advance for anyone who has some information on these questions. Nancy Carlin Nancy Carlin Associates P.O. Box 6499 Concord, CA 94524 USA phone 925/686-5800 fax 925/680-2582 web site - www.nancycarlinassociates.com Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA web site - http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
