Martin,
Well, 0,46 is really high, I have at the moment 0,44 and the lute sounds at its limit. Gut sounded the best with a gauge of 0,42, nylon not so much (0,47) and pvf not good at all (0,37). Isn't nylon going to stretch as well? 2010/4/21 Edward Martin <[[email protected]> The very problem is that you are using nylgut for your trebles. Nylgut is a polymer, and it is in a constant state of stretch, and therefore, it becomes smaller diameter in time, as you have discovered. If you have this 59 cm lute at G at 440, you must use a 0.46. in order to end up with a string that is not too thin. The best solution would be to use nylon, or gut. Those 2 strings will not change, and will give more satisfactory results. For my taste, I usually go with about 40 N. tension, which feels and sounds better, in my opinion. If you use a gut treble, you can go even lighter than 36 N., as gut responds much better at lower tensions than does nylgut. ed At 08:53 PM 4/20/2010, Bruno Correia wrote: 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 [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [[email protected] voice: (218) 728-1202 [4]http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name [5]http://www.myspace.com/edslute -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name 5. http://www.myspace.com/edslute
