Ernesto- Good point- I have been wanting to get feedback on the New Nylgut; they have been out for over a year now & I have had mostly good results with them and would like other's opinions. On my tenor vihuela they have really enhanced the overall sound, albeit not quite as purely beautiful as gut. The New Nygut works best on this vihuela (Chambure copy by Harris & Barber) down to the 4th course; but it is inferior to the .95 KFG unison 5th course and out of the question for the 6th, where like Martin Shepherd I also prefer the KFG.
On my Baroque lute (an old Robert Lundberg model, needs all the help it can get) I am not completely sold yet, but I will be keeping them on for a while. New Nylgut is fine right down to & including the 5th course, then the KFG starting at the 6th. My 6 course & 8 course completely gut except for the 1st on the 8 course, and it transitions to the gut courses better than the other synthetics I have used in the past. Dan On Nov 9, 2011, at 9:20 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Have you tried the New Nylgut from Aquila? > Lutenists here in Brazil love them! > > Em 09/11/2011, às 15:09, Bruno Fournier escreveu: > > I've always managed to order directly from Savarez.A In Canada there > are no representatives for Savarez lute strings, just guitar, so > they've always accepted to sell directly to me. > > A > > A > > Bruno > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Martin Shepherd > <[1][email protected]> wrote: > > The Savarez web site is rather vague about the density of these > strings (the KF "multi-coated" strings from .95mm onwards) and even > implies that the density is about the same as gut. A But my > experience has been that they are more dense than gut, a good > approximation being to use a diameter about 10% less than you would > use with gut. A I have found they work quite well - on my 6c lute at > the moment I have a 5th course of .95mm and a 6th of 1.25mm (both > octaved). > Martin > > On 09/11/2011 15:30, [2][email protected] 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 > [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > A > > Bruno Cognyl-Fournier > > A > > [4]www.estavel.org > > A > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. mailto:[email protected] > 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > 4. http://www.estavel.org/ > > > [email protected] > [email protected] > > > > >
