¿is it a viola or violin string? They do not work the same. With my phoenix I did not try the crystal, but I used several dominant stark (high tension), and finally tried savarez evah pirazzi viola for both low and high g and got the best (for me) results. It is a bit more expensive but works very well. Anyway it is usual to get some tangent rattle with the open string (no keys pressed) and cranking fast, on many instruments.
That spirocore is a metal core string, higher tension e.g; dominant stark G, viola 4/4: 5.2 Kg. spirocore G, viola 4/4, medium: 6.8 Kg. (check http://www.thomastik-infeld.com/upload/TI_viola%20folder%2005_07print.pdf ) The vision G string is 5.6 Kg, maybe a middle point to try. Could not find values for the pirastro strings. With more tension normally you get more volume, and this has to be taken into account as the whole balance is changed. As Simon pointed out, with metal wounded strings the gauge is not a good parameter to take into account; an aluminium wounded string will be usually thicker than a steel wounded string (with same kind of core) as aluminium has less density than steel. And metal core strings are usually thinner than, for example, gut core strings. And additionally, how the string has been threaded has an influence on the stretchability and stiffness (compare a spirocore and a flexocore). It is easy to get lost when talking about the neverending world of strings and flavours :-) not everybody likes the same. On 19 ene, 20:42, Masken <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have replaced the lower G melody string on my Gotschy Phoenix, and > it seems it doesn't require as much tension to produce the same pitch > as the old one. The problem is that as I crank faster (no keys > pressed) the string vibrates so much that it starts to touch one or > more tangents at half string length. The string is a high tension > string recommended by Helmut himself. > > What can I do to prevent the noise? Should I compensate by adjusting > the fret a couple of millimeters at the peg end of the string? > > /Fredrik Johansson --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
