That's been cited as a historic practice to preserve the life of the chanterelles- and perhaps the d-minor tuning got its start from players afraid or too lazy to tune back up and got used to compensating- but I've been reluctant to do it as the yanking up and down, not to mention wear on the nut, could also shorten the life of the string.
I know those things are expensive, but you know how long I've had mine on. Since you now have a double chanterelle, why not detune & retune only one of them, and find out what works best? >For those of you who play with gut topstrings: Does anyone make a >habit of detuning the chanterelle(s) after a session of playing? > >I've just bought a handful of expensive strings and wonder if this >would increase their lifespan. Any thoughts? > >Sean -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
