Sample selections ... for Terz Guitar
"ProArte Alto guitar string (J52)" or
"Hannabach Alto guitar string" are relatively easy to find
strings for Terz Guitars. A presumption on J52, though, is that the
1st string is to be replaced. You have to be careful on these,
because they are assumed to be used on modern alto guitars. Even
though their scale lengthes are fairly close, using strings for alto
guitars on 19th century Terz Guitars sometimes is very dangerous. You
have to feel the tension on each string while selecting these
strings.
[ProArte, J52 Alto Guitar Set]
[ProArte, J52 Alto Guitar set] Scale length : 547mm, Pitch A=440Hz
1st (g') : Nylon (should be replaced with fishing line) 0.57mm
(5.2kg)
2nd (d') : Hard Nylon 0.72mm (equivalent to 0.76mm nylon ; 5.0kg)
3rd (a#') : Hard Nylon 0.82mm (equivalent to 0.86mm nylon ;
4.3kg)
4th (f) : about 4.5kg
5th (c) : about 4.5kg
6th (G) : about 4.5kg
[[Hannabach Alto Guitar strings]
Harder tension than ProArte's. I'm not using them much these
days.
[An example for 18th century style lady's guitar]
Terz tuning
L=552mm A=440Hz, total tension about 33kg
1st (g1) : 5.8kg, fluorocarbon 0.47mm (gut 0.56mm or nylon
0.60mm)
2nd (d1) : 5.6kg, fluorocarbon 0.62mm (gut 0.73mm or nylon
0.79mm)
3rd (a#) : 5.5kg, fluorocarbon 0.77mm (gut 0.91mm or nylon
1.00mm)
4th (f) : 5.4kg, VN5120 by Kuerschner (or 1012 by Pyramid)
5th (c) : 5.8kg, ProArte LightTension (VN5165 by Kuerschner or 1023
by Pyramid)
6th (G) : 5.7kg, VN5220 by Kuerschner (or 1234 by Pyramid)
Prime tuning (in case the same 18th century lady's guitar is tuned prime)
L=552mm A=440Hz, total tension about 30kg
1st (e1) : 6.0kg, fluorocarbon 0.57mm
(gut 0.66mm or nylon 0.73 mm)
2nd (b) : 5.7kg, fluorocarbon 0.74mm
(gut 0.88mm or nylon 0.94mm)
3rd (g) : 4.6kg, fluorocarbon 0.84mm
(gut 0.97mm or nylon 1.04mm)
4th (d) : 4.8kg, ProArte LightTension 4th
(VN5136 by Kuerschner or 1015 by Pyramid)
5th (A) : 4.1kg, ProArte LightTension 5th
(Augustine Black 5th about 5.0kg, VN5180 by Kuerschner 4.9kg, or 1026
by Pyramid 5.2kg)
6th (E) : about 5.0kg, Augustine Black 6th
(ProArte LightTension 6th 4.1kg, VN5240 by Kuerschner 5.0kg, or 1238
by Pyramid 5.0kg)