Use a a viola G wound string, crystal core.. works very well Bruno
2014-04-25 14:06 GMT-04:00 Graham Whyte <[email protected]>: > A Savarez medium viola g ? wound on stabilon string (ref 733M) is > actually slightly thinner than a gut g' > It works reasonably well but not superbly > > I use hand made NRI wound strings at my choice of weight (also thinner > than gut g') > They are close wound silver plated copper wound on gut (Colum 5, 68 thou) > Not cheap but superb rich sound, play perfectly all the way to the top of > octave 2 > Having octave chanters is great, you get 3 different melody sounds > > Graham > > > > On 25/04/14 18:28, Norm Sohl wrote: > > I've always treasured this list in particular as a source of excellent > technical advice - so here is a technical question. > My instrument is currently tuned G/C with the two chanters tuned to the > typical g’. Since one of the chanters broke, I’ve been thinking of > replacing it with a string that would sound an octave below the g’ to get a > richer sound. > so far the viola string I purchased is too large to fit in the tailpiece, > and I am reluctant to enlarge the hole without further discussion of the > topic - so, what do you all think? Is this a reasonable modification, are > there good strings I should be considering, are there better ways to get a > lower sound (like a different tuning entirely)? > Sent from Windows Mail > > -- > -- > 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. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hurdygurdy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > -- > 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. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hurdygurdy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
