For that matter carbon is NEVER Used for the bass strings anyway. RT -- http://polyhymnion.org/torban
> Agreed. For my purposes, tuning stability and a tone quality that's compatible > with the treble strings is more of a concern than length of sustain in the > bass. > > Eric Hansen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --- On Wed 01/26, Arto Wikla < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > From: Arto Wikla [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:24:53 +0200 (EET) > Subject: Re: Re: Re: Carbon fiber strings > > <br>Dear lutenists<br><br>> i'm not talking about "the beauty of the bass" > (whatever that means),=20<br>> what i talk about is the fact that most of us, > lute players, preffer<br>> a LONGER VIBRATING TONE. <br> > > <br>I strongly doubt that! Many, perhaps most of us(?), used some time > ago<br>the wound pyramid basses. Those modern guitar style strings have > very<br>long vibrating tone. And most of us(?) wanted to get rid of > long<br>vibrating tones, which made an archlute or theorbo sound like a > grand<br>piano played with pedal down...<br><br>Gut and its modern imitators > behave much better.<br><br>Arto<br><br><br><br>To get on or off this list see > list information > at<br>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html<br> > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
