I had to tune down to 415 recently and was impressed by the difference in tone. I won't say it's better "across the board" but I liked many things about it. It did bring out different flavors of the instrument that I hadn't heard before.
Ed, I remember Toyohiko's playing from this summer and to my ears it was a greater tension difference than just going from 440 to 415. Would you venture to guess how low he's willing to go --tension-wise? Sean On Nov 27, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Edward Martin wrote: > Yes, many do actually prefer lower tension. On some of my > instruments, I > think a lower tension sounds better. > > For baroque lute, Toyohiko Satoh uses much lower tension than most > players, > with stunningly beautiful results. > > ed > > At 10:04 AM 11/27/2006 -0600, Herbert Ward wrote: > >> Does anyone prefer low-tension strings because of their tone? >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > Edward Martin > 2817 East 2nd Street > Duluth, Minnesota 55812 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > voice: (218) 728-1202 > > > >
