[LUTE] Re: Savarez KF dealer in USA (+ New NG variants)?

2011-11-12 Thread Anthony Hind
_ De : Daniel Winheld A : Anthony Hind Cc : "lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" Envoye le : Vendredi 11 Novembre 2011 20h46 Objet : Re: [LUTE] Re: Savarez KF dealer in USA? Anthony. That is good news, ameliorating the stiffness of the same material

[LUTE] Re: Savarez KF dealer in USA?

2011-11-11 Thread Daniel Winheld
Anthony. That is good news, ameliorating the stiffness of the same material for a smooth transition to courses 5, 6, and maybe 7 as well? I eliminated wirewounds from my own lutes years ago; not for any purist/snob/HIP reasons but just because I could not abide them, although I would periodical

[LUTE] Re: Savarez KF dealer in USA?

2011-11-11 Thread Anthony Hind
Anthony __ De : Daniel Winheld A : "erne...@aquila.mus.br" Cc : Bruno Fournier ; Martin Shepherd ; theoj89...@aol.com; Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Envoye le : Mercredi 9 Novembre 2011 18h57 Objet : [LUTE] Re: Sava

[LUTE] Re: Savarez KF dealer in USA?

2011-11-09 Thread Daniel Winheld
Ernesto- Good point- I have been wanting to get feedback on the New Nylgut; they have been out for over a year now & I have had mostly good results with them and would like other's opinions. On my tenor vihuela they have really enhanced the overall sound, albeit not quite as purely beautiful as

[LUTE] Re: Savarez KF dealer in USA?

2011-11-09 Thread erne...@aquila.mus.br
Have you tried the New Nylgut from Aquila? Lutenists here in Brazil love them! Em 09/11/2011, às 15:09, Bruno Fournier escreveu: I've always managed to order directly from Savarez.A In Canada there are no representatives for Savarez lute strings, just guitar, so they've always accepted to

[LUTE] Re: Savarez KF dealer in USA?

2011-11-09 Thread Bruno Fournier
I've always managed to order directly from Savarez.A In Canada there are no representatives for Savarez lute strings, just guitar, so they've always accepted to sell directly to me. A A Bruno On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Martin Shepherd <[1]mar...@luteshop.co.uk> wr

[LUTE] Re: Savarez KF dealer in USA?

2011-11-09 Thread Martin Shepherd
The Savarez web site is rather vague about the density of these strings (the KF "multi-coated" strings from .95mm onwards) and even implies that the density is about the same as gut. But my experience has been that they are more dense than gut, a good approximation being to use a diameter abou

[LUTE] Re: Savarez KF dealer in USA?

2011-11-09 Thread Daniel Winheld
Olav Chris Henrikson Boston Catlines 34 Newbury Street Somerville, MA 02144. Tel/Fax: (617) 776-8688 catli...@aol.com Chris can get you almost anything, can help figuring out tensions/pitch/diameter conundrums as well. A fine professional musician as well, he plays and records on Lutes and B