ok...after trying several different strings, taken from the 7 course and fret gut, I came to the conclusion that there's something wrong with the lute today. For some reason it refuses to reach G4 without snapping the strings.
On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Omer Katzir <[1]kome...@gmail.com> wrote: "Take the octave string from 7, or go to your local fishing gear store and buy a spool of nylon/carbon/anything with more or les the correct diameter." The 7 octave wont reach G4, tried that. And there are no fishing stores here, so that's also not an option. The string I have On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Edward Chrysogonus Yong <[1][2]edward.y...@gmail.com> wrote: 12 gauge fluorocarbon fishing line is 0.33 mm and works ok for a top string - it's an ok top A4 on my 54.5mm Renaissance guitar at 440, a bit tight but will probably be usable as a G4 on a Renaissance lute. ======== II?III? I.I>>IuI-oIII?I 1/2I^1I-oII 1/2 II+-III'II?I 1/4IuI-I?I 1/2 IuI-o IuI-I|II 1/2I?I IuI 1/4IuI IuIII 1/4II,I.. HA| litterA| electronicA| ab iPhono missA| sunt. aeCURe>>aaeuae>>P:c, 1/4eae-oe-aaa 3/4iPhonea This e-mail was sent from my iPhone. > On 24 Dec 2015, at 5:06 PM, David van Ooijen <[2][3]davidvanooi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Take the octave string from 7, or go to your local fishing gear store > and buy a spool of nylon/carbon/anything with more or les the correct > diameter. > > ******************************* > David van Ooijen > [1][3][4]davidvanooi...@gmail.com > [2][4][5]www.davidvanooijen.nl > ******************************* > On 24 December 2015 at 09:49, Omer Katzir <[3][5][6]kome...@gmail.com> wrote: > > my G string snapped today, the only string I got left to replace > it > will never reach G4. I have a recital next week and I need a > quick fix > until the new strings arrive. > anyone got any tips? > it's a 10 course lute, C2, D2, D#/E2, F2, G2, C3, F3, A3, D4, G4 > -- > Omer Katzir > The Silent Troubadour > [1][4][6][7]http://omerkatzir.com > -- > References > 1. [5][7][8]http://omerkatzir.com/ > To get on or off this list see list information at > [6][8][9]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[9][10]davidvanooi...@gmail.com > 2. [10][11]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ > 3. mailto:[11][12]kome...@gmail.com > 4. [12][13]http://omerkatzir.com/ > 5. [13][14]http://omerkatzir.com/ > 6. [14][15]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- Omer Katzir The Silent Troubadour [15][16]http://omerkatzir.com -- References 1. mailto:[17]edward.y...@gmail.com 2. mailto:[18]davidvanooi...@gmail.com 3. mailto:[19]davidvanooi...@gmail.com 4. [20]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 5. mailto:[21]kome...@gmail.com 6. [22]http://omerkatzir.com/ 7. [23]http://omerkatzir.com/ 8. [24]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 9. mailto:[25]davidvanooi...@gmail.com 10. [26]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 11. mailto:[27]kome...@gmail.com 12. [28]http://omerkatzir.com/ 13. [29]http://omerkatzir.com/ 14. [30]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 15. [31]http://omerkatzir.com/ -- Omer Katzir The Silent Troubadour [32]http://omerkatzir.com -- References 1. mailto:kome...@gmail.com 2. mailto:edward.y...@gmail.com 3. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 4. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 5. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 6. mailto:kome...@gmail.com 7. http://omerkatzir.com/ 8. http://omerkatzir.com/ 9. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 10. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 11. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 12. mailto:kome...@gmail.com 13. http://omerkatzir.com/ 14. http://omerkatzir.com/ 15. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 16. http://omerkatzir.com/ 17. mailto:edward.y...@gmail.com 18. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 19. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 20. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 21. mailto:kome...@gmail.com 22. http://omerkatzir.com/ 23. http://omerkatzir.com/ 24. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 25. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 26. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 27. mailto:kome...@gmail.com 28. http://omerkatzir.com/ 29. http://omerkatzir.com/ 30. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 31. http://omerkatzir.com/ 32. http://omerkatzir.com/