Dear lutenists and luthiers: I need to make a decision on string spacing matter for my next baroque lute. Could you suggest me a "*standard*" string spacing (at nut and at bridge) for a baroque lute (13 c., bass rider 707/770 string length)? What about string distribution? Do you agree with this "*Roman Turovsky law*"?:
"Another important point is the bridge spacing (see above). It is recommended to have a distance of 15.5 cm between the top and the bottom strings, even if you have small hands. This bridge spacing allows one to play cleanly." (http://polyhymnion.org/swv/theaxe.html) My span is 23 cm. long (End of thumb to end of pinkie, hand extended) A brief poll about your lute string spacing may help me. Thanks all the people in advance. And specially thanks to Roman Turovsky for this -above mentioned- awesome web page. Greetings from Spain. -- Juan Fco. Prieto. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
