27N isn't that too thin? and wouldn't it be a little loose? (unless you want your 63 cm lute tuned to G..?) If it were up to me, i'd tune a 63 cm lute to F or lower with nothing thinner than 0.37 mm for the chaterelle. but, all kinds of tastes... What if strings were not cilindrical but conical, then one would really have a field day figuring out the right gauges, fretting, pitches, etc:) At least, in such a case one good thing would be probable: that such a string may amplify the fibration input. I have two bagpipes, one with cilindrical chanter and one with conical (scottish highland). The vibrations that come out of the conical are loud as hell--sound lenses..lol
>I'll try again, as I'm yet trying to string that "charandora". I am looking > for opinions. I repeat, the O.W. (Aquila) string calculator recommends > tensions in Newtons that vary for the same pitch depending on the VL. (This > already takes into effect the guage, as that is the resultant. I've noted > before that my 63.5 lute is happy with about 35 N on the chanterelle > (disregarding the pitch, other factors there) - whereas the 36 instrument > I'm working with is recommended to be 27N. ------------------------------------------ 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
