If price is the only determining factor you could try some banjo strings, but I understand they do not last very long. Have a look at the prices at http://gourdbanjo.com/GBhtml/gut.html
I think you can buy Sofracob also from http://www.londonviolins.com/ Accessories/Baroque_Classical_Strings/baroque_classical_strings.html and probably from Martin Haycock. Some lutists mix Sofracob on top strings with Gamut on low, but I recently replaced some Sofracob strings with more expensive Kuerschners and they lasted at least twice as long. Selling price might not mean best value. Kuerschners are rather hard in texture, however, and some people might not like that. http://www.kuerschner-saiten.de/ I undesrtand that Nick Baldock's strings are of similar quality but softer ; Kathedrale Strings, Nicholas Baldock e'mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Having said that, I do seem to remember that Jakob Lindberg had completely strung his Rauwolf in Sofracob, so there may have been progress in their string quality. Jacob Heringman, I believe, likes Stoppani strings for pistoy types. but I think they are quite expensive <http://www.stoppani.co.uk/ Real_Gut_Strings.htm>. However, the lower strings do last much longer anyway. I have not used gut strings on a Baroque instrument, however. It would be best to ask advice from those that have. I know that David van Ooijen amongst others, uses all gut on his Baroque lutes. Regards Anthony Le 7 févr. 07 à 13:02, Stephan Olbertz a écrit : > Dear all, > > the bridge of my baroque lute came off recently (ouch), but it has > been > fixed and I would like to take the "opportunity" to put new strings > on and > maybe switch to gut. Dan Larsons strings would sum up to about 360 > $ (ouch > again), Aquila is about the same. Does anyone know what Sofracob > charges > for a (13c) set? I couldn't find any information on the web... > > Regards, > > Stephan > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
