Dear Stuart, Martyn, and All, A higher string tension may make it easier to tune, but may not = be good for the instrument, if it was built to accommodate lighter strings.=
In addition, raising the string tension has the effect of changi= ng the harmonic profile of the notes, with more stress on the fundamental a= nd less on the overtones. I think one of the beauties of citterns, bandoras= , and orpharions is that they accentuate these ringing harmonics, which I f= or one would not sacrifice for the sake of easier tuning. Cheers, Jim Jun 13, 2011 10:05:09 AM, hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:= Dear = Stuart, You may find a higher string tension (ie use thicker strings= ) will help in tuning stability. MH --- On Mon, 13/6/11, Stuar= t Walsh wrote: From: Stuart Walsh Subject: [LUTE] bandora tunes To: "Lute Net" Date: Monday, 13 June, 2011, 12:29 I've got the Lute S= ociety's bandora on loan. It's a nice instrument. used to have one years= ago but I'd forgotten how difficult it is to get these things tolerably= in tune. Here's a go at three very short pieces from Thomas Brown's 'Ba= ndore and lyra viol book' (about which I know nothing), copied out years= ago by Donald Gill. (And thanks to Peter Forrester). The tuning isn't q= uite right - but not too far out, I hope. [1]http://www.youtube.com/w= atch?v=3DipGcIA8EUX8 and here's a couple of RT's uke tunes [2]http://= www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Df22GLlsLZug Stuart To get on or off this li= st see list information at [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admi= n/index.html -- References 1. http://www.youtube.com/w= atch?v=3DipGcIA8EUX8 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Df22GLlsLZug = 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html