Hi Caroline, I'm a complete beginner too and only manage a brief practice each day, and I find that a gut chanterelle will last me for a month, easily (usually -- I just had one break after a couple of weeks, but I think the weather changes had something to do with that).
It's also possible to mix string types. I've heard of people with gut for courses 2-8, but nylon for the first course, where there is the most wear. That keeps the cost down somewhat. Tim On Thursday, February 3, 2005, at 06:30 PM, uqcmeach wrote: > Hello lute-listers. > > =20 > > I have found all the discussion and information on gut strings very > interesting. However, stringing with gut may not be a good idea for = > complete > beginners like myself since they don't seem to last very long! > > =20 > > How often should one change synthetic strings?=20 > > =20 > > I'll keep reading all the comments. > > =20 > > Kind regards > > =20 > > Caroline > > =20 > > ************************************************** > > Caroline S. Chamberlain > > Scientific Officer > > Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology > > University of Queensland > > =20 > > phone: + 61 7 3365 4606 > > fax: + 61 7 3365 4699 > > =20 > > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
