Dear David and Rebecca I entirely agree about 1st and 2nd, but I have just found that one of my 3rd course strings has just begun to ring un-true, after a year. This was a Sofracob gut I think. The other seems quite well. I have 73 HT on the 4th, and 1,04 Lyons on the fourth. I have a Gamut 1,40 Pistoy + 1 HT on the 5th.
I was wondering why my lute maker preferred Lyons on the 4th (as opposed to a Pistoy). He definitely said he thought it preferable. I also note that Aquilla suggests Venice gut on 3rd, 4th and 5th. Are these closer to Pistoys or to Lyons ( I should do a search on that, but haven't )? Could I use Pistoys on 3rd, 4th and 5th, or Lyons on 3rd and 4th and pistoys on 5th. Or might Venice on all 3 courses be better? Perhaps, the status quo is the best solution, or I suppose I should just experiment, and probably will. Up to now, I have just sort of assumed my lute maker knew the instrument well enough to make those judgement for me. Regards Anthony Le 10 mars 07 à 10:41, LGS-Europe a écrit : > First string: anything between 2 hours and 2 months, depending on > brand and > luck. > Second (and for some people third) course: anything between several > weeks to > several months, depending on technique, softness or abrasiveness of > fingers > and or nail ends touching strings. > The rest: years. > A friend of mine has sweaty hands and suffers from strings turning > green and > degrading more quickly. > > David > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rebecca Banks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:05 AM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut Lute Strings > > >> >> March 9th, 2007 >> >> Dear Lutenists: >> >> Just a short question - with regular playing how long before >> you must >> replace gut Lute strings to keep the sound bright? >> >> with thanks, >> >> Rebecca Banks >> Tea at Tympani Lane Records >> www.tympanilanerecords.com >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Explore the seven wonders of the world >> http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+world&mkt=en- >> US&form=QBRE >> -- >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > > >
