I'm just curious as to what makers have to say about this idea. Isn't it possible to get an idea from the construction and material of a historical instrument what approximate optimum tension the instrument was designed for?
On Feb 8, 2007, at 8:19 PM, Anthony Hind wrote: > However, the solution may be to use > lower tensions. There was a thread recently (I believe begun my > Martin Shepherd) about the advantages of lutes strung at low > tensions. It seemed that with gut strings, a lower tension was not > necessarily a problem. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
