[LUTE] Re: Re;: help on tuning

2013-10-10 Thread Dan Winheld
Tom - I have a very similar set-up, and I can assure you that for long-distance, non-hands on stringing help Chris Hendriksen is the best; (I have used him for decades) but in the end each individual has to make the final tweaks & adjustments that work- and they may be a little off from any a

[LUTE] Re: Re;: help on tuning

2013-10-10 Thread David van Ooijen
Tom An earlier poster already suggested your octaves might be higher in tension than your fundamentals. This was a good guess. Course 5 you have 28N (2.8kg if you prefer) for your octav and 25N for your fundamental. Courses 6 to 8 are around 25N for the octaves and around 20N for