Dear Dan and Ed
Thank you so much for your suggestions. I am sure either the
silver wirewound or the gimped would work, and are both excellent
strings in their own right. And yes, had there been a gold gimped, I
dare say I would have tried them on C11 and D10 (if I could have
afforded them). How lucky Dan to have been able to try one of those (or
perhaps not, as I imagine, now, you will never quite be satisfied with
lesser strings).
$
Actually, I even remember that Paul Beier and Jakob Lindberg, at one
time mixed the old loaded and gimped strings, as well as Pistoys (as
Dan found he could without problem); but I don't think that works quite
so well with the low impedance Venice ones, which as we have all
discussed, are harmonically very different.
$
I feel, because of this, a tonal break should be more problematic
(almost from a theoretical point of view) than a slight tension
inequality; even though I would prefer to avoid either.
$
Whereas, I would have liked C11 220C and D10 200C, I will probably go
for a temporary drop in Kg and use D10 190C (but with a slightly higher
tensed octave as compensation), or use a rise to D10 210c (with a
slightly lower tensed octave). Until, of course, Mimmo can make more
loaded strings.
These two strings were actually available (one at B&N and the other at
Wolfgang's).
They won't be spot on, but I think it might be more the global tension
of the course, than that of the single string, which imports most; and
that will give me a chance to see if this hypothesis/hunch is right.
Thanks again,
Anthony
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De : Daniel Winheld <[email protected]>
A : Anthony Hind <[email protected]>
Envoye le : Lun 20 decembre 2010, 22h 25min 01s
Objet : [LUTE] Re: New Nylgut test as Chanterelle
Anthony, I don't know if this would be of any use to you, but I have
found one (and only this one!) type of close-wound overspun string to
sound acceptable on my Baroque lute- and it is the one with SOLID
silver, not silver plated wire. Until I can get the new loaded strings
for my lute, I will continue to use the solid silver overspun classical
guitar D (4th) string for the 11-C, and the (bass rider) 12-B/B-flat.
For the 13-A I use a solid silver bass viola da gamba string, most
likely a 5-G. These are all old strings, and although the viol string
has a gut core vs. the nylon floss guitar string core, it must be the
solid silver making them sound virtually identical; and they transition
acceptably from the Savarez KFG 10-D, especially played in context, and
paired with the right octave string, which helps mask the change.
I would imagine that a classical guitar A-5 might substitute for a 200c
loaded. Or the right viol string, probably a 5-G like mine. As far as I
know, only E. & O. Mari ever made the solid silver wound guitar
strings, and I don't know if they still do. Viol strings ought to be
easy to find, however. The ends do take some labor intensive
modification to go through bridge and peg holes, viols being set up so
differently. Just a last resort possibility.
Dan
> I should add that I am, myself, a little frustrated as I can't get
a
> 200c loaded string for love or money. I really need this string to
> operate a tweak on my Baroque lute. I managed to find all the
others, I
> needed at B&N in London, or at Wolfgang's in Paris.
> Yet, I quite understand that Mimmo can't spend time making loaded
> strings, and also get the NNG up to speed. There are a number of
> things, including gut strings, and the basic research, that only
Mimmo
> can do; but there are limits to what he can do simultaneously.
> Regards
> Anthony
>
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