> For that matter, how about taking the strings off. This > would mean that when you put them on again they would take a > while to come up to tension, but it means that a beginner > would not be confused by all those extra strings, if the > beginner was playing 6 course music. > > When I started baroque lute I took off the 12 and 13th > courses for that reason. > > Wayne Removing 2 courses on a total of 13 doesn't harm perhaps, but on a 10c to remove 4 courses means that almost half of the strings would miss. This would mean a strongly asymmetric stress on the bridge and consequently on the top. It might eventually warp and the experiment could damage permanently the lute....
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