Well of course I reused the string. No one is cheaper than me. :-) Actually, I tried something different this time. Instead of reversing it, I simply pulled it through the hole in the bridge until it was nearly spent at the peg and then retied the knot on the bridge. I did this out of pure laziness. Next time, I'll go back to flipping it properly. I think you get more virgin string that way.
To get two strings out of one really properly, depending on the mensuration, you can cut it around the nut and tie an old string or other material (something that doesn't stretch) to it so that it reaches the peg. The advantage of that way is that you don't have to wind a lot of string on the peg which creates its own problems. I'll leave it to those who know something to comment on your theory. I don't know. cheers, >Hi Ed: > >I noticed your problem about some of your trebles going false. I have a >solution that works for me. Remove the strings and flip them over so that >what was once at the bridge now gets tied at the peg and the peg end is now >tied at the bridge. I have a theory that as you play the strings become >mashed down and distorted between the second and fourth frets (because >that's where 90% of us play) to a point they become false. If you turn them >around, as I have described, you are now fingering a portion of the string >that is more or less true in diameter, the false portions no longer affect >the new sections of string as they are played. In essence you can get >double life span out of them. > >As you may or may not know I use a doubled first course on my Lute. When >that course goes bad you really notice it, possibly the reason the practice >was not wide spread hundreds of years ago. I use El Cheapo nylon strings >but I suppose this would hold true with Nylgut or even real gut. -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
