Sample selections
... for 19th century Guitar
Gut, nylon, and fluorocarbon strings are shown for 1st through
3rd treble ones in each selections. As an extra, metal wound to be
used on 3rd string are shown in green. Diameters of metal wound are
converted from that for gut and shown in Kuerschner's product number.
If you find some error or comment when you try them, please let me
know via e-mail. String selection depends strongly on the type of
instrument, so please regard the following as a guide line.
Nylon
Fluorocarbon
Gut (Metal wound in Kuerschner's product #)
Pitch: A=440Hz Scale length: 560mm ~ 540mm
Wiener guitars often have scale length between 560 and 610mm. The
following shows regular guitar tuning cases. Terz guitars in France,
Italy, and English are around 545mm and within the scale length range
here. So, a terz guitar tuning (cap on 3rd fret of a regular one)
case is also shown below.
[Crane A set]
1st (e1): 4.5kg, Gut 0.56mm, nylon 0.62mm, or fluorocarbon
0.47mm
2nd (b): 3.5kg, Gut 0.66mm, nylon 0.73mm, or fluorocarbon 0.57mm
3rd (g): 3.5kg, Gut 0.82mm, nylon 0.91mm, or fluorocarbon 0.70mm
3rd metal wound (g): 4.0kg, Gut 0.88mm
(VN5088)
4th (d): 4.0kg, Gut 1.20mm (VN5120)
5th (A): 3.5kg, Gut 1.50mm (VN5150)
6th (E): 3.5kg, Gut 1.95mm (VN5195)
[Crane B set: softer]
1st (e1): 4.0kg, Gut 0.54mm/0.52mm, nylon 0.60mm/0.58mm, or
fluorocarbon 0.44mm
2nd (b): 3.0kg, Gut 0.62mm, nylon 0.68mm, or fluorocarbon 0.52mm
3rd (g): 3.0kg, Gut 0.79mm, nylon 0.88mm/0.85mm, or fluorocarbon
0.66mm
3rd metal wound (g): 3.5kg, Gut 0.85mm
(VN5085)
4th (d): 3.5kg, Gut 1.16mm/1.12mm (VN5116/VN5112)
5th (A): 3.0kg, Gut 1.40mm (VN5140)
6th (E): 3.0kg, Gut 1.85mm (VN5185)
Terz guitar tuning
An example of L=552mm, A=440Hz, and about 33kg total tension.
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, metal wound VN5120 by Kuerschner (1012 by
Pyramid)
5th (c): 5.8kg, metal wound ProArte LightTension 5th (VN5165 by
Kuerschner or 1023 by Pyramid)
6th (G): 5.7kg, metal wound VN5220 by Kuerschner (1234 by
Pyramid)
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