Ummmm... I use it for the fourteenth course of my theorbo. Gut was a bit too muddy sounding and the carbon matches the tone of the other diapasons nicely.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Carbon fiber strings > 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
