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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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