re: strings

[MITC...@aol.com]

Mel...we'll have to give your US-made gut strings a try. The price is certainly reasonable, and the convenience of buying in the US is a real plus.

 

Maxou...do you know if Savarez has resolved their quality problem? If we buy Savarez strings now, will they play as well as the older ones did, and be as durable, or are there still problems?

 

One other thought on string sources: there is a string manufacturer in England that Neil Brook uses and probably some of the other UK luthiers do as well. I can't remember the company name, but perhaps Neil or someone else who knows who this is, could post that information here.

 

Mitch Gordon

 

 

In a message dated 6/14/2012 7:35:45 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mela...@yahoo.com writes:

Greetings Belinda,

 

We sell a complete line of HG gut strings and keep most in stock.

They are manufactured in the USA and are of very good quality.

You may find sets here on one of our web pages: http://hurdygurdycrafters.com/index.asp?page=parts1.2

 

Individual strings are on another page.

 

All the best

Mel and Ann

[J.F. "Maxou" HEINTZEN]

Hi folks,

 

Now it seems that the SAVAREZ quality is OK, but I told you about the past problem because may be there are still some "old" strings on sale.

I do not know other company names to try...

Maxou

 

J.F. "Maxou" HEINTZEN
le bourg
03360 Valigny
04.70.66.60.01 / 06.87.43.63.65

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[Paul Sherwood]

I suspect the UK company referred to could be NRI (Manchester).
http://www.nrinstruments.demon.co.uk/
Paul

[MITC...@aol.com]

Thanks, Paul, that is indeed the company I was trying to think of. Do you have any experience with their gut hurdy gurdy strings?

[Andy Carter]

I have a D trompette from there. Its works, its lasting, it sounds good, it wasn't the cheapest but I'm happy with it!

Andy
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[Ruth Bramley]

I've had strings from NRI and, as Andy says, they're not cheap, but they are good quality.  I confess that I don't often change strings...

Ruthie

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[DEREK LOFTHOUSE]

was going to stay out of this, buts Ruth's comment that she doesnt often change strings is the perfect lead in.
I don't know where I picked this up, but apparently gut strings do degrade over time, something to do with the oil
they are treated with. Therefore, you dont want to sit on spare strings for too long, at most a year or so. If you change strings yearly, using your spare set, you should be okay. Of course this could just be a rumour the gut string makers started to sell more strings, who knows.
I havent used gut for about 7 - 8 years, i use wound metal violin and viola strings and change them at least yearly.

Derek

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From: "Ruth Bramley" <ru...@bramleyfamily.org.uk>
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Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 11:57:32 AM
Subject: Re: [HG-new] re: strings

I've had strings from NRI and, as Andy says, they're not cheap , but they are good quality.  I confess that I don't often change strings...

Ruthie

On 14/06/2012 23:04, MITC...@aol.com wrote:


Thanks, Paul, that is indeed the company I was trying to think of. Do you have any experience with their gut hurdy gurdy strings?
 
Mitch Gordon
 
 
 

In a message dated 6/14/2012 2:55:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, paulsh...@gmail.com writes:

I suspect the UK company referred to could be NRI (Manchester).
http://www.nrinstruments.demon.co.uk/
Paul
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[Martin Lodahl]

On 06/15/2012 11:10 AM, DEREK LOFTHOUSE wrote:
> was going to stay out of this, buts Ruth's comment that she doesnt often change strings is the perfect lead in.
> I don't know where I picked this up, but apparently gut strings do degrade over time, something to do with the oil
> they are treated with. Therefore, you dont want to sit on spare strings for too long, at most a year or so. If you change strings yearly, using your spare set, you should be okay. Of course this could just be a rumour the gut string makers started to sell more strings, who knows.
> I havent used gut for about 7 - 8 years, i use wound metal violin and viola strings and change them at least yearly.

I'm something of an extreme case in that department. In general, I
change my strings when they break, and sometimes not even then. On a
viola da gamba I had a top d break right at the tailpiece a month or so
ago, and just tied a new base knot in it and refitted the same string.
A couple of years ago I replaced all the strings on that instrument,
realizing as I did so that I'd last replaced the bottom three strings in
1977. I have to say that the sound improved dramatically; using the
same gut string for 30+ years has no virtue beyond thrift. But I still
can't bring myself to discard a usable string.

Decades ago I used to play with a classical guitarist who changed her
strings weekly.

- Martin

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[Paul Sherwood]

Yes, they were fine, but I haven't used them for a while (not because
I found a better supplier, but because I tend to use artificial
strings now, like Corelli Crystal and nylgut).

Paul

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[MITC...@aol.com]

Never heard of Nylgut before. What strings do you use them for (trompette? high chanter?), and how do you order appropriate sizes for gurdy? I already know about Corelli Crystal violin strings, as I use one for the low d chanter on my d/g. I have to say, though, for other chanter pitches and for the trompette, it would be hard to sell me on anything other than gut strings. It's hard enough to pry me away from Savarez gut strings...

 

Mitch

[Augusto de Ornellas Abreu]

Try Corelli Crystal VIOLA strings. With a full string set, you can get low G and high G (if you play octave G on a G/C gurdy) and low D and high D (on a normal D/G gurdy). I use this set on my gurdy and they are quite good, and really cheap.

Augusto

[Kevin Hughes]

I have found that Piastro Chorda cello string work for bourdons.   For chanter gut strings I’ve also used the chorda viola strings.  A Thomastic Dominant violin d string works for the lower d string on a D/G instrument.  Nylon guitar strings have worked well for me as trompette strings.

[Paul Sherwood]

Sorry for the slow reply, I have only used nylgut for the high d chanter.
They are sold with an 'equivalent gut' specification, see

http://www.aquilacorde.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66%3Athick-nylgut-strings&catid=11%3Athick-nylgut-strings&Itemid=240&lang=en

Paul