On 2014-04-24, 6:13 AM, Matthew Daillie wrote:
I ordered some La Bella strings a few years back and their calculations were way off. I was able to do my own for the nylon strings by measuring the diameter but it was really hit and miss for the copper-wound strings as I didn't have any basis for calculation. The strings they suggested on their website were totally inappropriate (far too slack). I did contact them about this issue but they never sorted anything out. Shame, because their strings are well made and reasonably priced.
I recently installed a set of their baroque guitar strings (BGMT#1) on my Roosebeck Sellas baroque guitar and they seem OK. They buzzed a bit at first because the nut was low and the nylon frets bowed upwards, as compared the way-too-heavy strings supplied by the manufacturer, but have improved a lot since I shimmed the nut up. I think once I replace the nylon frets with gut, they should be just fine.
Geoff -- Geoff Gaherty Foxmead Observatory Coldwater, Ontario, Canada http://www.gaherty.ca http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
