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Vincent Ho <[log in to unmask]>
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22" 10.5" 5.25" or 440...brass then???



On Fri, 5 Feb 2016, Rob Brooke wrote:

> Vincent, I suggest checking the scale of the strings. If one uses Frank 
> Hubbard's convention of the c above middle c as the standard, scales of 11" 
> or shorter at a-415 can and probably should be strung in brass. I agree with 
> the the dictum that those strings sound best which are close to their 
> breaking points and for a scale of 11", iron is nowhere near its breaking 
> point and will sound relatively flaccid and uninteresting. For scales above 
> 11", brass will not stand and will experience widespread breakage until the 
> scale shortens in the deepest bass. One of the mistakes the otherwise 
> brilliant John Shortridge made (probably Frank Hubbard's fault if you look at 
> Hubbard's Italian stringing lists) was to string his beautiful little 
> Italians in iron. If they are still around and still in iron, they should be 
> re-strung in brass.
>
> My opinions, of course but they are working for me.
>
> Rob
>
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