The string length of the basses is c.116cms. I say 'circa' because I
couldn't find a tape measure, so ended up using a six-inch ruler...
The Granata Sarbande and Corrente do not have passages that would
suggest anything other than GFEDCBA. In the tuning you mention, Martyn,
Stradivarius describes the strings on the fingerboard and the 4th and 5th
courses are octave strung.
I don't think he describes the open courses.
Monica
First second strings: These must be like two guitar first strings
(cantini)
Third fourth strings:These must be like
The information comes from
Sacconi, Simone F., The secrets of Stradivari (Cremona : Libreria del
Convegno, 1979), Item 375, p.228.
It's a paper pattern of a neck and fingerboard 320mm long by 72 mm and 60
min width... with a description of the strings and their arrangement at the
nut.
http://torban.org/ruthenicae/images/218a.pdf
http://torban.org/ruthenicae/audio/218a.mp3
http://torban.org/ruthenicae/images/219.pdf
http://torban.org/ruthenicae/audio/219.mp3
RT
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