Try to turn the wound string around (tail to head). If that does not work - it is wounded indeed! and you need the new string. Of course, one can spend some time with a micrometer measuring the string, looking for the twisted part of it, and hoping it is not in the middle of the string. But just turning it around very often works.
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:07:59 +0200 Ivo Jancík <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everybody. > > I have a tuning problem with my lute, which I don't know how to solve. I have > got 8-course lute, G-tuning, 572 mm bridge to nut. My fifth course (C) > consists of Nylgut 56 and wounded NG 112D (octave difference). After fine > tuning the "untouched" course (both in tune, c+C), the problem appears when > playing the course on 2nd, 3rd etc fret. The unwounded string remains in > tune, but the wounded one gets out of tune (sounds significantly higher, than > it should). Sliding the frets won't help, as the other strings are in tune. > Could you please kindly advice? Many thanks. > > Kind regards, > > Ivo > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
