The so called ‘carbon’ strings are made of a material which is denser/heavier than nylon. Hence, for the same tension and pitch, the string will be thinner in gauge and consequently tone. A ‘carbon’ string is likely to be a better choice to use in the place of a string whose tone is too dull i.e. the fundamental of a 3rd or 4th course, especially when not using octave stringing. My $.02!
Miles Dempster > On Jan 12, 2019, at 6:39 PM, Dan Winheld <[email protected]> wrote: > > The one string/course where a carbon fiber has never worked for me. Too harsh > is a good term. > > Dan Winheld > > On 1/12/2019 2:06 PM, Mayes, Joseph wrote: >> My $.02 >> I find the carbon chanterelle to be on the "harsh" side. >> >> Joseph Mayes >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Wim >> Loos <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2019 4:08 PM >> To: LuteNet list >> Subject: [LUTE] Chanterelle >> >> Dear all, >> I ´m looking to string my 7c renaissance lute, string length 60cm >> (a=415) again. In this moment I use nylgut and pyramid wound strings. >> Only the chanterelle is nylon while the nylgut string was broken. >> I considder to use carbon for the chanterelle, does anybody know if is >> this a good alternative. >> I hope jou can give me a advise what to do. >> Thanks in advance, >> Wim Loos >> >> -- >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> > >
