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 #)

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Pitch: A=440Hz / Scale length: 650mm ~ 640mm


[Crane A set: harder]

1st (e1): 6.5kg, Gut 0.58mm, nylon 0.64mm, or fluorocarbon 0.52mm/0.47mm
2nd (b): 5.5kg, Gut 0.73mm, nylon 0.79mm, or fluorocarbon 0.62mm
3rd (g): 5.5kg, Gut 0.91mm, nylon 1.00mm, or fluorocarbon 0.79mm
3rd metal wound (g): 6.0kg, Gut 0.94mm (VN5094)
4th (d): 6.0kg, Gut 1.24mm/1.28mm (VN5124/VN5128)
5th (A): 5.5kg, Gut 1.65mm/1.60mm (VN5165/VN5160)
6th (E): 5.5kg, Gut 2.20mm/2.10mm (VN5220/VN5210)




[Crane B set]

1st (e1): 6.0kg, Gut 0.56mm, nylon 0.62mm, or fluorocarbon 0.47mm
2nd (b): 5.0kg, Gut 0.68mm, nylon 0.76mm, or fluorocarbon 0.62mm/0.57mm
3rd (g): 5.0kg, Gut 0.85mm/0.88mm, nylon 0.94mm, or fluorocarbon 0.74mm
3rd metal wound (g): 5.5kg, Gut 0.91mm (VN5091)
4th (d): 5.5kg, Gut 1.20mm (VN5120)
5th (A): 5.0kg, Gut 1.55mm (VN5155)
6th (E): 5.0kg, Gut 2.00mm/2.10mm (VN5200/VN5210)




[Crane C set: softer]

1st (e1): 5.5kg, Gut 0.54mm, nylon 0.58mm, or fluorocarbon 0.44mm
2nd (b): 4.5kg, Gut 0.66mm, nylon 0.73mm, fluorocarbon 0.57mm
3rd (g): 4.5kg, Gut 0.85mm/0.82mm, nylon 0.91mm, or fluorocarbon 0.70mm
3rd metal wound (g): 5.0kg, Gut 0.88mm (VN5088)
4th (d): 4.7kg, Gut1.12mm (VN5112)
5th (A): 4.5kg, Gut 1.50mm (VN5150)
6th (E): 4.5kg, Gut 1.95mm (VN5195)







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