This question must have been touched several times, but as I am rarely pleased with the string tension on my lute I'll raise it once more: Is it better to have the chanterelle at 36 N? the conversion is about 3.67 Kg. The problem is that nylgut gets thinner with age and this affects the final gauge of the string. According to Paul Beier's calculator that means a string of 0,40 NG (lute in G with 59 cm), a very thin string for the first course.
I had previously a 0,42 which was btw very light to my touch, but the surprise came when I mesuared it on tension and it was less than 0,40, actually if I remember well it was about 0,38. So, how can we possibly know the final tension of the string to have the right gauge? At the moment I have a 0,44 and I'm not pleased at all with the sound... Coments welcomed! -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
