I'm not a fan of Pyramid basses, preferring Savarez or Kurschner instead. Aquila D strings are equal to the best. They sound too big and bright for the first month, but after that they settle down they get an almost gut-like quality while retaining their pitch. They work for me. You can hear them on this website: www.songoftherose.co.uk - Dowland pieces on the Renaissance lute page, and some pieces on the Baroque Lute page.
Rob 2008/7/30 Daniel Winheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Great timing- I was thinking of outfitting my new archlute with the > Aquila D strings- Courses 14 - 6, and realized I had no personal > knowledge of them or feedback from anyone else. Do you know how they > compare to Savarez copper overspun and Pyramid for brightness & > sustain; not to mention that delightfully subjective quantity, > "beauty" of tone? Thanks, Dan > > >No. I started using them after using gimped basses with gut octaves, which > >had terrible intonation problems. Compared to them, the Aquila D strings > are > >near perfect. > > > > I use Aquila D - no problems at all. > >> > > > > > Rob > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
