I have carbon on 4 upper courses of my 72 cm baroque lute and I am perfectly 
happy with both sound and stability.
RT




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruno Correia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "LuteNet list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 9:48 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Carbon strings


> Does anybody in the list use carbon strings? I changed my nylgut set for
> carbon but I'm experiencing some troubles with the second course. 
> Sometimes
> when I play, both strings get too  close on the fingerboard, resulting in 
> a
> bad tone. The first and second courses are very thin, 0.37 and
> 0.41respectively, my lute has 59 cm of string lenght. Is it OK for the
> first
> course to be a little over 4 kg? Is there anything to help to get a better
> grip on the string since carbon has a very smooth surface?
>
> Regards.
>
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