Dear David and Ed >> assumed my lute maker knew the instrument well enough to make those >> judgement for me. >> << >> > > I grant he knows his instrument. But does he have the same playing > experience you have, or even identical technique, fingers not to > mention > taste? So do experiment. > David > >
Yes, I know, I was being lazy, or rather as my lute was quite young, only a year and a bit old, I was really waiting for it to settle in; and also, I did not want to begin changing strings while the present ones were new, in particular the lower strings which are quite expensive. I am now in more of a mood fro experimentation. However, it does seem as though, he made the right choice within Gamut/Larsen > Dan Larson's Pistoys cannot be used for the 4th course. .88 is > about the > smallest size he can possibly make. > > ed > Right, so he probably chose Lyons for the fifth for the extra stiffness, and he couldn't use either Pistoy or Lyon for the 4th as neither exists at 73. (I notice that he can only make Lyon down to 1,00mm) Do you have any idea of the difference between Aquilla : Venice, and Larsen : Lyon or Pistoy, because the Venice can be made down to 70. It would, in fact, be possible to use Venice both on the 4th course and the 5th course. In fact even on the 3rd down to the 5th, according to Lynda Sayce http://www.floxflorum.com/materials2.php Aquila describes Venice as double twist (I don't know whether that implies two elements).. Larsen says Lyon "is twisted in one direction to a high degree for the optimum combination of durability and flexibility." Pistoy "Our reproduction is made of three strands of gut twisted in one direction and then the three combined together by twisting in the other direction" Sounds as though the Venice may have two elements, the Lyon, one and the Pistoy three. Have you had any experience with Venice? Is it a good idea to look in that direction? How do Nick Baldoock's pistoy equivalents compare with Gamut or Venice? Regards Anthony Le 10 mars 07 à 15:15, LGS-Europe a écrit : > Dear Anthony > > > >>> >>> > I was wondering why my lute maker preferred Lyons on the 4th (as > opposed to a Pistoy). He definitely said he thought it preferable. > << > > What I do is plain gut, any brand, up to 1.00. When using Sofracob > I use DTT > in stead of LNT between 0.70 and 1.00, as they recommend actually. > Above > 1.00 I prefer Gamut Lyon for strings that need to be a little stiffer, > octave strings for example, or strings that are causing buzzing, > and Gamut > Pistoys for more flexible basses. I had a spare bit of Gamut diapasson > string I use next to a normal Gamut Pistoy for the fifth course on an > archlute, and it is performing excellently. Good money saver. ;-) > > >>> >>> > assumed my lute maker knew the instrument well enough to make those > judgement for me. > << > > I grant he knows his instrument. But does he have the same playing > experience you have, or even identical technique, fingers not to > mention > taste? So do experiment. > > David > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
