On Jul 18, 2009, at 3:26 PM, Andrew Arconti wrote: > I have been using the following tuning which I was told is what the > instrument was made for: A, E, C
You mean B? Or do you have it in guitar tuning? > , G, D, A; but am curious if there are > other tunings appropriate for a lute of this type? I have been > tuning > to 440hz and am wondering if anyone feels there is a better > frequency > to be tuning an alto to, and if I was to lower my tuning frequency, > would I need to change out my strings to a new size? Anyone answering these questions would need to know the mensur (length from bridge to nut) and what strings you have on it now. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
