I stand corrected, even if I didn't include long lutes into consideration. RT ______________ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org/swv > > 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 > >> For that matter carbon is NEVER Used for the bass strings anyway. >> RT >> >>> 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] >>> >>> <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>
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