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by mollwollfumble
Fri Jun 15, 2018 2:07 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Need E4 string for 500 mm length.
Replies: 6
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Re: Need E4 string for 500 mm length.

From that pdf, it looks like what I want is a D'Addario, Acoustic or Electric guitar, plain steel lock twist PL016 with a unit weight of .00005671 lb/in.

Does that look in the right ballpark?
by mollwollfumble
Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:05 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Need E4 string for 500 mm length.
Replies: 6
Views: 7484

Re: Need E4 string for 500 mm length.

Oh, wow, that's a wonderful start. I've downloaded that pdf and will work through it. 500 mm is 19.7 inches, which isn't even remotely like any of the instruments on that list (being half way between a mandola and a mandocello). The top A string on a cello also looks (to me) to be plain steel. So if...
by mollwollfumble
Fri Jun 15, 2018 11:09 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Need E4 string for 500 mm length.
Replies: 6
Views: 7484

Need E4 string for 500 mm length.

Need help finding an E string for the instrument I'm making. That's the E4 that is the highest string on a guitar, an octave below the highest string on a violin. I'm making a stringed instrument best described as unique. It's a hybrid of viola and guitar. It looks like a giant viola, is bowed like ...