If the bass sounds too long, dampen the string. Mersenne gives I think 20 seconds for the duration of the tone. So you can time it and see :) dt
At 01:01 AM 12/19/2010, you wrote: > Hello lutenists, > > As I played theorbo really a lot this months, I started to wonder about > the sound of the strings. In this moment I use some Nylon and carbon in > the high registers and some copper on the basses and it sounds really > good but the basses sounds too long and the tension of the treble > strings is too low. > > Can anyone give me some ideas what kind of strings I can try (with > sound closer to gut), and where can I buy? > > Thank you. > > -- > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
