Dear Martin, Leonard, David, Arto, Thank you very much for your quick replies! Much appreciated!
Mathias -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: d...@dolcesfogato.com [mailto:d...@dolcesfogato.com] Gesendet: Sonntag, 17. April 2016 18:06 An: 'Mathias Rösel'; 'Lute List' Betreff: RE: [LUTE] Strings for Liuto attiorbato Take a look at Dan Larson's gimped strings. The work well. David -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Mathias Rösel Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 6:17 AM To: 'Lute List' <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Subject: [LUTE] Strings for Liuto attiorbato Dear Collected Wisdom, As Im planning the stringing of a liuto attiorbato, Ive encountered some difficulties. It will have seven courses on the fretboard with 58 cm VSL and seven courses on the second peg box with 84 cm VSL (fundamentals and octaves). Pitch is a = 415 Hz, tension is normal (2.86 kg per fretboard string, 3.06 kg per fundamental, 2.75 kg per octave string) Paul Beiers string calculator suggests that Savarez NF strings be taken for the 6th to 14th fundamentals (copper wound nylon strings). The reasons seems to be that the calculator apparently considers gut strings thicker than 1.5 mm problematic. And they may be so. It is my conviction, though, that lutes shouldnt be strung with metal wound strings. The easy solution would be ordering loaded gut strings from Aquila. It is my understanding, though, that Mimmo is currently not producing his excellent loaded gut strings. Martin Shepherd, in his interesting article on building a liuto attiorbato, writes that he took Savarez KF (a kind of harp string) for the basses. I looked up their charts but couldnt discover tensions and pitches, unfortunately. Suggestions very much appreciated! Mathias -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
