..and the tunning i use (i know choice is a matter of personal taste though) is: i have the first single, the second and third in unson and the rest three are in octave--i find the fourth course being also in octave adds this extra delicacy and depth to the lute sound..
Hi Vance, i'm using "Savarez" strings-the high tension ones (they make them in three tension modes from which the softest is useless i feel). The chanterelle single one was supposed to be also from the standard guitar "savarez" set but i broke it so i found some left over strings from a celtic harp (also "savarez" and exactly the same quality as the guitar ones) and so replaced the broken one with a slightly thinner harp string. > One note on why the small string broke--may halp anone constructing for the > first time avoid same string breaking thing: make the channels one the nut > piece really rounded--as the strings pass from the pegbox to the fingerboard > they will break if there is some sharp angle. > > > > > This is an interesting solution, you have basically reversed engineered a > > classical guitar into a quasi-viheula. What kind of strings are you using > > on it? > > > > Vance Wood. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "rosinfiorini" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 9:32 PM > > Subject: guitar to lute > > > > > > > i'm waiting for a renaissance lute 8c to arrive but in the meantime made > > this to get fingers used to the feel of double strings. > > > In case someone may like to make something similar (like you have these > > many course lutes but want a six course, etc) here is the photo. the thing > > works very fine, only i tune it to "re" because "mi" is a little too > > 'mandoline-like' feeling(tense). > > > http://perso.wanadoo.fr/raydimitry/imagini/IMG_00.jpg > > > to have this you need to do the pegbox, the bone pice of the bridge with > > small notches and holes with harp-pins on the bridge. I have used one whole > > per each pair of strings-it is the bridge's notches that separates the > > couples... > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Faites un voeu et puis Voila ! www.voila.fr > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > Faites un voeu et puis Voila ! www.voila.fr > > > -- > ------------------------------------------ Faites un voeu et puis Voila ! www.voila.fr --
