Unfortunately this is a common issue with a lot of strings. One thing
you could try is to put the CD string on the other way around. Very
often that solves the problem or at least makes it less prominent. I
even had a similar issue with a long PVF string that I cut in two to put
on the 5th course of a 10-course. One of the two resulting strings was
false but fine when I put it on the other way around!
The issue is not specific to renaissance lutes but may be more
noticeable because of playing the bass strings more often in the upper
registers.
Best
Matthew
On 28/02/2017 18:56, Bruno Cognyl-Fournier wrote:
Dear Collective wisdom,
I have been tuning my 5 and 6th course in octaves for years, with wound
strings and gut or nylgut.
recently I bought the CD loaded strings from Mimmo and am slowly
getting used to them. I have thus replaced the fundamental with CD
loaded, while keeping my octave strings in gut or nylgut, this on two
different lutes.
I have noticed that the octaves are horribly out of tune as I go up the
neck, especially by the time you get to the 7th fret. I realize I
rarely have to play up there, but it bothers me. Am trying to figure
out what the problem is.. would it be a mismatch of tension? or would
it be the Loaded CD strings, that as some of you have probably found to
be very elastic. I have never had this issue with wound string/gut
combinations.
I will be testing each string individually to check which one goes out
of tune as you move up the scale, but I suspect it is the Loaded string
that is giving me the problem.
any comments?
Bruno
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