Dear Anthony No time for a long answer now, but a quick reply will do perhaps to help the discussion along.
> advised that it is not a good idea to use a non-wound gut or nylgut > string below a string length of 130 cm (the resulting diameter would When calculating what still would sound, I came to a string length of I think 105cm for a low G on the extension of my latest archlute. Note that I have some chromatics higher up, so course 14 is a G, not an F as it might be in a more usual tuning. And it workes on practice as it did in theory: 105cm low G at 440Hz, plain gut, single string. Theorbo style basses on an instrument that fits in an airplane seat (if only they would allow it again...). No problem with that string, sounds great. Gamut diapasson gut, btw, theyt are superb. Later more. David - still no baroque lute, but if I would have one, it would be in all-gut, no question > be too thick). If this is the case what gut string could I possibly > use if the diapason is only 115 cms." > > I suppose if this is a real problem (I have no idea if it is) gimped > or loaded or loose wound strings might be a possibilty. > > Do you have any suggestions. > Regards > Anthony > > >> > > Le 9 févr. 07 à 00:15, Howard Posner a écrit : > >> Anthony Hind wrote: >> >>> The person I quoted realised they had made a mistake, but my question >>> coming from that was, does length play any role in the breaking >>> point >>> of a string, or is it simply tension, thickness and the material >>> it is >>> made from? >>> >>> Again the answer is probably obvious and a basic physics textbook >>> answer is no doubt to hand. Unfortunately, I don't have access to >>> one. >>> >>> I am happy there are so many people replying that are using gut >>> strings. I certainly hope to be able to use gut on a future Baroque >>> lute. >>> My fear however, is that indeed the top strings become even more >>> fragile on a Baroque lute than on my 60 cms Renaissance lute. >> >> I don't think length per se makes a string more fragile, at least not >> at the lengths we're talking about here. I've still got the original >> 167cm extension strings on my theorbo; they sound fine after 15 years. >> The instrument doesn't get heavy use, and I note in passing that >> I've >> never seen a suspension bridge held up by gut cables. >> >> But all other things being equal, a longer string is going to be >> thinner. The strings of an A third course at 70 cm will tend to be >> about 85% the diameter of third-course strings at the same pitch on a >> 60 cm lute. This will tend to make them more fragile. >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >
