Hi, I made the experience that one should give Nylgut a little bit time to find it's stable condition. I only had one nylgut string which broke. This was when I tried to force it into tension.
Best wishes Thomas Am Die, 2004-05-25 um 00.18 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Ed et al-- > My experience with prestretched nylgut is that it resumes its previous relaxed > length to a great extent. As I explained in a previous post, I had a treble break > near the bridge, leaving enough string to retie it and re-use it. In the short time > it was relaxed, it lost any previous length it had gained under tension. It took, > as with a new string, several days to "settle in" to a stable condition. > Fortunatley I do not perform, or this could be a disaster! :^( > > Regards, > Leonard Williams > ============================================================ > From: Ed Durbrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/05/24 Mon PM 12:08:46 EDT > To: lutesmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, lute list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Nylgut > > ============================================================ > > > -- -- Thomas Schall Niederhofheimer Weg 3 D-65843 Sulzbach 06196/74519 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss --
