Stephen
You can write to Nick Baldock in English, but try both mails I gave
you.
It is very interesting to see the differences you have found with
both istruments, but do you perhaps have your Baroque lute at a lower
diapason, or would you say it is because of t string length
differences, or the lute themselves, or perhaps the difference
between Baroque and Renaissance techniques?
As gut probably breaks more frequently on large Baroque lutes than on
smaller Renaissance ones, it may ne just as well that the difference
between nylgut and gut should be little on the Baroque one, but
Aquila had a gut string that could out perform a nylon one, I
believe. It is a pity it is not available at the moment.
Another possibility iinstead of drilling out your bridge for thick
gut strings (although NRI, explains how to do this, I think, and
David will tell you that Pistoys are nevertheless worth the extra
effort) is to try gimped strings by Larson? The gimping adds extra
weight (Ed. MArtin can Tell you about that). Nick Baldock may also
make Gimped strings, but I don't think so.
However, if you can wait for (and also hope for ...), the new loaded
Venice by Aquila (of which more in a later message), again the
loading of the string leads to a much smaller diameter for a good
bass string. I heard it today on Mimmo Peruffo's Baroque lute, quite
something, I believe.
These should not be confused with earlier type C loaded Aquila
strings, they are a completely different and I think, a much more
interesting string.
Best regards
Anthony
Le 27 aout 07 =E0 00:27, Stephen Arndt a ecrit :
> Anthony,
>
> Thank you also for your quick response. The e-mail address looks
> familiar. Should I write Nick in English or German, or does it matter?
>
> I used KF strings only for the bass courses on my Renaissance lute
> and loved them, thinking that they sound very much like gut. On the
> baroque lute I am currently using overspun basses, which I don't
> particularly like. My personal opinion is that, on the baroque
> lute, the KF strings are good on the other courses but not quite as
> good as gut. Furthermore, I don't have very large hands, and my
> little finger tends to slip off the third or fourth course. I find
> the KF strings rather difficult to fret with that finger and am
> seriously considering stringing the entire instrument in gut,
> though that would necessitate redrilling most of the holes in the
> bridge, which I am somewhat reluctant to attempt on my own. By the
> way, after breaking three gut strings in a row on the first course,
> I put a Nylgut on, and though I noticed a great difference on my
> Renaissance lute between gut and Nylgut, I honestly can't tell much
> difference between them at all on my baroque lute. The tonality of
> the first course in Nylgut and the second in gut is pretty much
> identical.
>
> Thanks again your help,
>
> Stephen
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Hind"
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> To: "Stephen Arndt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 1:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [LUTE] Two Related Questions
>
>
> Stephen
> I can answer the second question [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I think you need th pay by bank draft; but I don(t know about the
> file.
>
> How do you find those KF strings (I lmean how good are they)? What
> courses did you use them on? How do they compare with the gut sound,
> nylgut, or carbon?
> Regards
> Anthony
> Le 27 aout 07 =E0 00:00, Stephen Arndt a ecrit :
>
>> Dear Lutenet,
>>
>> I have been using Savarez KF strings on my 13-course baroque
>> lute, but I recently I have tried gut on the first two courses. I
>> have had no problems on the second course, but three first
>> course strings broke at the nut after a very short period of
>> time, (once after a day, twice after a couple of minutes). My
>> string supplier recommended that I use a needle file to smooth
>> out the groove, and thus I did an Internet search and ordered the
>> file smallest file I could find, but it turned to be way too big.
>> The company from which I purhased the file recommended a diamond
>> coated bead reamer, which you can preview here: http://
>> www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/CTGY/bead- reamer. My first question
>> is: Would this instrument do the job? If not, can anyone tell me
>> where to purchase the appropriate file?
>>
>> Second, I have been wanting to try Nick Baldock's strings, but
>> have been unable to find a web site for him. Some time ago I did
>> find an e-mail address, which, if I remember correctly had a
>> ".de" suffix. I wrote him a letter of inquiry in German, but
>> never received a response. Can anyone tell me how to order
>> strings from him?
>>
>> Thanks to anyone who can supply me with the appropriate information!
>>
>> Stephen Arndt
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