Olav Chris Henrikson Boston Catlines 34 Newbury Street Somerville, MA 02144. Tel/Fax: (617) 776-8688 catli...@aol.com
Chris can get you almost anything, can help figuring out tensions/pitch/diameter conundrums as well. A fine professional musician as well, he plays and records on Lutes and Baroque Guitar. As far as KF on lutes, I have had my uses for it. Courses 2 - 4 & sometimes 5. Denser than gut, so comes out too thin per kg for my taste on courses 1 and 2. The old KFG (carbon fiber "gut", no longer designated with the letter "G") is also still available from Chris, picks up where ordinary KF leaves off, at .95 mm. I have used it starting at 5 or 6, and successfully on down to E/Eb 9th course on Baroque lute. After that it is too stiff & thick for my taste. The KF & KF(G) strings don't work on all lutes in all situations, nor are they to everyone's taste, but they can really help out in some situations, and are a lot cheaper than gut. Tell Chris what you need, and he will help you with thickness calculations. Dan On Nov 9, 2011, at 7:30 AM, theoj89...@aol.com wrote: > Is there a Savarez dealer in the USA? I am looking to try the Alliance KF > strings on a renaissance lute (unless members of this newsgroup warn me not > to..) And how do I calculate thicknesses to order?Thanks, trj > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
