Dear Jason, That's very kind and helpful. I did search about online but couldn't find anything a few months ago, I'll look on the site you recommend.
BTW I'm not trying to go behind the string suppliers, Kuerschner had discontinued 0.70mm carbon because he said that it is no longer available when I last spoke to him. (but it is still on his price list, so maybe he's found the LA fishing stores, I'll ask again!) And that was what prompted my searching about for old fishing stock. Best wishes, David At 14:26 -0700 20/6/07, Jason Yoshida wrote: >I guess it would depend on the size of your local freshwater fish. For >Howard and me in Southern California, on lakes you would be using >fluorocarbon diameters much smaller than .30mm. Here, most diameters of >fluorocarbon applicable to a lute would be used in saltwater fishing or >maybe for very large freshwater fish (bigger then salmon). .41mm in >Seaguar's standard fluorocarbon is equal to 25 pound line. > >David, >.70mm fluorocarbon is still readily available at least here in LA and in >online stores. Online sources would probably be your best bet, because >depending on where you live, stores that carry fishing equipment will >generally carry what is needed to be able fish in the local environments. >DIY lute string hunting is easy here because all the stores carry fishing >equipment for the ocean as well as for lakes and streams in the mountains. >The companyYo-Zuri has a brand called "H.D. Carbon" and the 50 pound line >has a .71mm diameter. Seaguar's (the brand that seems most readily >available) standard fluorocarbon 50 pound is equal to .67mm and the 60 pound >is equal to .74mm. I have found that most of the standard Seaguar diameters >seem to have a slightly less density then the internet lute calculators. >They do have a couple of others product lines which are of higher quality, >some only available in Japan, and I think I remember seeing one of those >being closer to .70mm (55 pound). I go to the hardcore fishing stores, when >my father goes, and I take my digital calipers all the time. Unfortunately >you can't just pick any line of a similar pound rating because of density >variances and quality they will have different diameters. Some nylon >monofilament brands are nice too. > >But when in doubt for most, I think we are better off supporting the few >that we have that actually have the patience to be lute string suppliers. >With the amount of time invested you don't save that much money. >Regards, >Jason > >Jason Yoshida >North Hills, CA >http://www.jasonyoshida.com >http://www.musiclas.com >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Howard Posner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Lutelist" <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:13 AM >Subject: [LUTE] Re: Carbon strings > > >> On Wednesday, Jun 20, 2007, at 06:43 America/Los_Angeles, Roman >> Turovsky wrote: >> >> > BTW, carbon line fit for lutes is mainly freshwater gauges. >> >> Because they're smaller? >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- The Smokehouse, 6 Whitwell Road, Norwich, NR1 4HB England. Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk
