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From: William Samson <willsam...@yahoo.co.uk>;
To: Tom <tgw...@gmail.com>;
Subject: Re: [LUTE] help on tuning
Sent: Thu, Oct 10, 2013 6:53:37 AM
It sounds like your octaves are at a lower tension than their partners.
Try replacing them with strings at the same tension and see if that
helps.
Good luck!
Bill
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From: Tom <tgw...@gmail.com>;
To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>;
Subject: [LUTE] help on tuning
Sent: Thu, Oct 10, 2013 6:44:16 AM
I posted this to the lutening group but thought it wouldn't hurt to
try
here, also.
Hello everyone,
I have what is probably a newbie question. I am unable to tune the
5th,
6th, and to a lesser degree the 7th and 8th courses to my
satisfaction.
When tuned so that the octaves have no beats between the two strings,
the strings are out of tune when fretted. The octave course is
invariably sharp, or at least sharp enough to drive me batty
(although
there are those who would argue that it's a drive...more like a
putt).
My ears are pretty good to within 5 cents of a tone.
I've tried lowering the fundamental by a few cents, but it doesn't
seem
to help until the the two strings of a course are out of tune when
open.
Help!!! (please)
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Sincerely,
Tom
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