Here's another 8 course (all gut) with the out-of-tune fretted 5th
(and, once, 6th) course. Took the advice of reversing the string (in this
case, the fundamental), and -- presto! no problem. Saved me $20 on a pistoy
gut string. The old one had gone false, but in away that reversal
eliminated, or at least reduced, the problem.
I used a trick I learned from Ed Martin to determine falsity: pluck
the string under strobe lighting conditions (he thought a tv would do it,
but I used a fluorescent tube light with a sheet of dark colored paper under
the strings). The true strings will had a very regular wave form to them,
while the false rascal had a lot of smaller wavies that shimmied up and down
the string--it looked snaky (hard to explain, best to see it happen).
Thanks to ?? for the tip on reversing the string!!
Regards,
Leonard Williams
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> On Jul 16, 2009, at 10:11 AM, David van Ooijen wrote:
>
>> Different take on the issue.
>> If you're using a metal-wound (rich in harmonics) on the 5th course of
>> an 8-course lute, there is no reason whatsoever to pair that with an
>> octave string (there only to enrich a dull (gut) bass string with
>> extra harmonics).
>> So, how about replacing the octave string with another metal-wound?
>> When still using metal-wounds on my 8-course, this was my set-up. No
>> octave string on the 6th course either, btw.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>
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