on 24/10/07 5:00 pm, Martina Rosenberger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Peter wrote: > > I have no evidence either way, but it was long ago suggested that the strings > on the Virchi cittern in Vienna were of gold. This should, according to the > calculator, enable a lowest note a fourth below brass. > > > Thank you Peter, > I want to add this article to discussion, where those Virchi strings are > suggested to be of silver. That, indeed, gave me the idea to start some > experiments......... > http://www.nrinstruments.demon.co.uk/CitBan.html > > Martina > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > Bear in mind that the argentina course was not the lowest in pitch in Virchi's tuning. However the name may well have been carried over from the earlier hexachord tuning.
22/24 carat gold is soft. My limited experience of 9 carat gold for enamelling suggests that it would be very adequate. Martina will know best!
