Hi Edward, I don't really know this set from La Bella, but you can read some info about the oud sets made by Pyramid in our blog: [1]http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/cuerdas-para-oud/ There you can see tuning, gauges and tension for both arabic and turkish setups. Hope that helps Regards.
2014-04-24 11:12 GMT+02:00 Edward C. Yong <[2][email protected]>: Hi lutelisters! So a student of mine picked up a set of La Bella lute strings w octaves and we strung up her Turkish-made 8-course lute (59cm string length) with them. Then I noticed something very odd - the higher octaves were far too loose at the correct pitch as they were flabby and flopped about. Checking the diameters, I realised were basically the appropriate diameters for tuning at TWO octaves above the fundamental. For example, the nylon octave D on the 8th course was the same diameter as the nylon D on the 2nd course. Next, the tension on the bass courses seems far too low - they also flop about and buzz annoyingly. This is quite perplexing - the tensions listed in the pdf on the La Bella website already seem quite low, but when strung up, the strings feel far looser than what is listed. Also, when I use Arto Wikla's string calculator and feed in the density + string length + diameter, the resulting tensions is significantly lower than what La Bella indicates. I haven't used La Bella in nearly two decades. Can anyone advise if I'm imagining things? Edward Chrysogonus Yong [3][email protected] To get on or off this list see list information at [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- De conformidad con lo dispuesto en la Ley Organica 15/1999 de Proteccion de Datos de caracter Personal DAVID MORALES DE FRIAS, con domicilio en Salamanca, C/ Luis Vives, 6 - cuarto, le informa que los datos de caracter personal que facilite forman parte de un fichero, responsabilidad del mismo, para la gestion administrativa de los clientes. En el supuesto de que desee ejercitar los derechos que le asisten de acceso, rectificacion, cancelacion y oposicion dirija una comunicacion por escrito a la direccion indicada anteriormente o al correo electronico [5][email protected] con la referencia "Proteccion de Datos" incluyendo copia de su Documento Nacional de Identidad o documento identificativo equivalente. La informacion contenida en el presente mensaje de correo electronico es confidencial y su acceso unicamente esta autorizado al destinatario original del mismo, quedando prohibidos cualquier comunicacion, divulgacion, o reenvio, tanto del mensaje como de su contenido. En el supuesto de que usted no sea el destinatario autorizado, le rogamos borre el contenido del mensaje y nos comunique dicha circunstancia a traves de un mensaje de correo electronico a la direccion [6][email protected] -- References 1. http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/cuerdas-para-oud/ 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. mailto:[email protected]
