Dear Ed I liked the sound, though for me they were a tiny bit too metallic, so I changed them on all of my lutes to Pistoys after all. Only on the big d'-lute I've kept them (too expensive, indeed, to change for the few times I need the instrument, and on this moster a little more punch doesn't hurt. You'll be able to hear these strings on this bass lute on my upcoming cd with all Terzi duets). Trueness was no problem, I didn't experience the trouble on string 6 Edward talked about. But Gimped strings do tend to get out of tune in the other direction than the pure gut octave strings, that was a problem in concerts. So, I made a _very_ expensive experiment.
David ***************************************** David van Ooijen Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Http://home.planet.nl/~d.v.ooijen/ ***************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Durbrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:48 PM Subject: Re: lute outreach -tuning.. > Ed and Eric, > I know the gimped strings sound great. I heard one on Kenneth's lute. > Have you paired these gimped strings with an octave? Any problems > with intonation? I'd mostlikely pair it with a Nylgut octave. I was > just at Dan's site and about to order some gimped strings, but unless > I'm mistaken, these are very expensive. I'd be getting about 5 or 6 > strings (for two lutes). This is a couple hundred dollars. I'm very > concerned about the trueness. I found the loaded gut strings were > useless when paired with an octave string. They would be in tune at > the open position and out of tune at the third fret. I would pair it > with a Nylgut octave. Do you think that would create problems? For > example, would they go in opposite directions if the climate changed? > I don't want to make an expensive mistake. > TIA > >>As I said before, I use Dan Larson's gimped strings for mandolino and >>archlute bases... and they seem to be very long-lived indeed. I >>personally >>like these strings very much. And yes, they are as you describe them. On >>Dan's earlier gimped strings the wire was often detectable on the >>surface of >>the string. With his current version, you only feel the smooth gut >>surface. These strings are also very pretty to look at since you can see >>the spiral of wire through the gut. >> >>Best, >> >>Eric >> >>Craig Allen wrote: >> >>>Ed wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Wound 6th courses do not last as long as gut strings, believe me. I >>>>think >>>>it is because in a wound string, you have 2 moving parts.... the metal >>>>winding, and then the floss core. They are actually moving parts, where >>>>in >>>>a gut string, the gut fibers are homogeneously bound. Gut basses last >>>>(seemingly) forever. >>>> >>>> >>> >>>Have you had any experience with the gimped string? If I recall >>>this is a gut string with a single wire wrapped in a longish >>>spiral. I have the same problem Michael does with the wound >>>strings, particularly on the fifth course, wearing out right around >>>the third fret. >>> >>>As a side note, has anyone experimented with making a gimped nylon, >>>nylgut or carbon fiber bass string? >>> >>>Regards, >>>Craig >>> >>> >>>___________________________________________________________ >>>$0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer >>>10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. >>>Signup at www.doteasy.com >>> >>> >>> >>>To get on or off this list see list information at >>>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > -- > Ed Durbrow > Saitama, Japan > http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > > >
