[LUTE] Re: guitar to lute conversion: string advice

2011-12-16 Thread Lex van Sante
Hello David, We've just tried the following strings with good results: e' PVF 4046 bb PVF 5049 x2 gg PVF 5059 x2 dd' VN 5088/PVF 5039 Aa Op 15 december 2011 14:59 schreef David van Ooijen [1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com het volgende: Missing the point here. She

[LUTE] Re: guitar to lute conversion: string advice

2011-12-16 Thread Lex van Sante
Hi David, I pressed a wrong key it seems, Anyway here is the rest. Aa VN5120/PVF5049 Ee VN 5155/PVF5066 All strings by Kuerschner. It should be fairly easy to find the equivalent strings from other brands. Hope this helps, Cheers, Lex Op 15 december 2011

[LUTE] Re: guitar to lute conversion: string advice

2011-12-15 Thread David van Ooijen
Thank you for your answer, Eugene, but what my friend has in mind is a 6-course lute setup on a guitar with 11-pegs: first single, 5 double strings. David On 15 December 2011 08:52, Eugene Kurenko eugene.kure...@gmail.com wrote:   Hi David!   Well I had similar experience couple years ago.  

[LUTE] Re: guitar to lute conversion: string advice

2011-12-15 Thread Bruno Fournier
Frankly I don't see the point of the exercise.A Simply to get double strings and learn lute technique?A A Bruno On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:33 AM, David van Ooijen [1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for your answer, Eugene, but what my friend has in mind is

[LUTE] Re: guitar to lute conversion: string advice

2011-12-15 Thread Rob MacKillop
Just get a regular 12-string guitar. You will have a modern orpharion, complete with octave basses. Sounds beautiful playing lute music on it... Rob On 15 December 2011 13:51, Bruno Fournier [1]br...@estavel.org wrote: Frankly I don't see the point of the exercise.A Simply

[LUTE] Re: guitar to lute conversion: string advice

2011-12-15 Thread David van Ooijen
Missing the point here. She wants a lute, but cannot afford one yet. She's given an old guitar, a handy friend did the conversion, so for the moment she can play lute technique, explore a new instrument and repertoire next to her classical guitar. Good for her. I can calculate a set of strings, no

[LUTE] Re: guitar to lute conversion: string advice

2011-12-15 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
: guitar to lute conversion: string advice Hi David! Well I had similar experience couple years ago. Fishing line 0,6 mm on first string, then strings 1-5 from guitar set so we have 6 courses. And then I had to use again 5th guitar string on F and then four 6th guitar strings

[LUTE] Re: guitar to lute conversion: string advice

2011-12-15 Thread Eugene Kurenko
: Thursday, December 15, 2011 2:53 AM To: David van Ooijen Cc: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: guitar to lute conversion: string advice Hi David! Well I had similar experience couple years ago. Fishing line 0,6 mm on first string

[LUTE] Re: guitar to lute conversion: string advice

2011-12-14 Thread Eugene Kurenko
Hi David! Well I had similar experience couple years ago. Fishing line 0,6 mm on first string, then strings 1-5 from guitar set so we have 6 courses. And then I had to use again 5th guitar string on F and then four 6th guitar strings on other basses. So we have 11 single