Hi Matthew,
Yes, it's a pity they don't provide us with an accurate PUL for the KF
strings as well! They just say they're roughly the same density as gut,
which is nonsense.
The PULs are also badly labelled because they just add a 2 (which is not
really part of the number) to indicate copperwound as opposed to
silvered copper, when that information is already supplied by the prefix
letters NFA, NFC, etc. so (as far as I know) "NFC212" (copperwound) is
the same as "NFA210" (silvered copper). If I'm wrong, please correct me!
Martin
On 25/04/2016 10:13, Matthew Daillie wrote:
Dear Hubert,
I think there is some confusion here. The PUL number (poids par unité de
longueur) is given by Savarez for its overwound strings so as to be able to
calculate tensions and varies from one type of overwound string to another. It
is not an indication per se of light or heavy tensions but enables you to
determine a particular tension for a specific course.
Savarez used to supply a string calculator in the form of an Excel spreadsheet
but this is completely out of date and full of bugs. I tried phoning them this
morning but the technician won't be in until this afternoon. I shall ring back
then and keep you posted.
In the meantime why don't you use Paul Beier's calculator, that has densities
for Savarez strings?
What type of string do you wish to use for the 9th fundamental?
Best
Matthew
On Apr 25, 2016, at 5:00, Herbert Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
As an experiment, I put extremely light strings on my baroque lute.
This made the tone very difficult to control. This is pretty good
practice, but in a month or two I need to venture out of the house
with the lute.
So it's string buying time.
Can someone give me a Savarez PUL number for the fundamental of the
9th course (E) at A=415 with a 68.5 cm string length? Also helpful
would be an indication of whether the PUL corresponds to heavy, medium,
or light stringing.
Google searches gave nothing useful.
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