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 #)

This should be the most popular scale length among 19th century guitars, I suspect. I thought it might be better to have a D set with softer still tension. I've tried various combinations, but you can try to mix and match from each sets. For example, use harder tension on 5th and softer on 3rd, etc. That selection also depends on the instrument, so you got to enjoy? the string selection. It's quite a pleasure to find a right selection for your instrument.

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Pitch: A=440Hz Scale length: 630mm ~ 620mm


[Crane A set: ]

1st (e1): 6.0kg, Gut 0.58mm, nylon 0.64mm, or fluorocarbon 0.52mm/0.47mm
2nd (b): 5.0kg, Gut 0.73mm/0.70mm, nylon 0.79mm, or fluorocarbon 0.62mm
3rd (g): 5.0kg, Gut 0.91mm, nylon 1.00mm, or fluorocarbon 0.79mm
3rd metal wound (g): 5.5kg, Gut 0.94mm (VN5094)
4th (d): 5.5kg, Gut 1.24mm (VN5124)
5th (A): 5.0kg, Gut 1.65mm (VN5165)
6th (E): 5.0kg, Gut 2.20mm (VN5220)




[Crane B set]

1st (e1): 5.5kg, Gut 0.56mm, nylon 0.62mm, or fluorocarbon 0.47mm
2nd (b): 4.5kg, Gut 0.70mm, nylon 0.76mm, or fluorocarbon 0.57mm
3rd (g): 4.5kg, Gut 0.85mm, nylon 0.94mm, or fluorocarbon 0.74mm
3rd metal wound (g): 5.0kg, Gut 0.91mm (VN5091)
4th (d): 5.0kg, Gut 1.20mm (VN5120)
5th (A): 4.5kg, Gut 1.55mm (VN5155)
6th (E): 4.5kg, Gut 2.10mm (VN5210)




[Crane C set: softer]

1st (e1): 5.0kg, Gut 0.54mm, nylon 0.60mm, or fluorocarbon 0.44mm
2nd (b): 4.0kg, Gut 0.66mm/0.64mm, nylon 0.73mm, or fluorocarbon 0.57mm
3rd (g): 4.0kg, Gut 0.82mm, nylon 0.91mm, fluorocarbon 0.70mm
3rd metal wound (g): 4.5kg, Gut 0.88mm/0.85mm (VN5088/VN5085)
4th (d): 4.3kg, Gut 1.12mm (VN5112)
5th (A): 4.0kg, Gut 1.45mm (VN5145)
6th (E): 4.0kg, Gut 1.95mm(VN5195)






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