Hello, Sean! That is not exactly how I use them. For my baroque lute, I do not start with any metal until the 10th course. For my 8 course lute, I used Pistoy 5th & 6th courses, as I try to avoid any of the gimped for the 6th, as sometimes it is too stiff & has some intonation problems, in relation to its octave. So, for me, no metal on the 6th.
ed At 11:38 AM 11/17/2005 -0800, Sean Smith wrote: >I'm not sure how gimped strings apply to pre-1580 music. I do know that >Ed Martin and others like it on their 6th courses and below. Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
