Hi all, this is off topic, but maybe someone here can help me with a stringing question.
I am retrofitting a cobza (Romanian lute) that needs some work to repair a considerable amount of wear and some bad "improvements" made to it in the past (e.g., replacing tapered pegs with cheap guitar tuners). I would like to replace the current, narrow range tuning with mandola tuning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandola), which is essentially viola tuning. I would also like to use octave tuning since the instrument is set up with chorus tuning. The scale length is 448 mm, but due to a lute-style peg head, strings must be at least 500 mm. Any suggestion for how I would determine the appropriate strings? There are a lot of variables I don't know, like tension, that make it difficult to use a string gauge calculator. -Arle -- 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. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
