RECTIFIED
NYLGUT® STRINGS " NG " TYPE
INTRODUCTION
The
development of a new synthetic material that can imitate the acoustical
characteristics of gut but without the typical
defects such as high cost, short string life, and severe instability to
changes of climate, has always been a fundamental goal of
our research. Nylgut® represents the fruit of
this
research
and is a good synthesis of the acoustical properties of nylon and
of PVF (carbon) strings.
TECHNICAL
CHARACTERISTICS AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
Nylgut®,
distinguishable by its milk-white color, has the same gut's density
(gauges are the same of the gut) and
acoustical qualities similar to that material. It should be considered
the first "synthetic" version of the natural product.
Other strong
points of Nylgut® are its'
elevated
resistance under tension -greater than that of gut- but even more
important is
its extraordinary immunity to changes of climate, considerable superior
to that of nylon and gut, thereby guarantying an
insuperable stability of tuning under normal conditions.
Nylgut® can
be used advantageously for the
substitution of nylon and gut strings for plucked string instruments
such as lutes,
guitars and harps (modern harps included). For example,
Nylgut® strings are particularly well suited for the 1st through
5th
courses of the renaissance and d minor-baroque lutes, FRETS INCLUDED.
Special length
(200 cm): see the NGE type.
Please notice
Just like
gut, Nylgut® is liable to
suffer from cutting edges. Before stringing
the instrument do make sure the nut and bridge are free from sharp
edges and the nut grooves not too deep and perfectly smooth.
You can get rid of sharp edges
with very fine grit sandpaper (600, for
example) or the finest steelwool (000).
The best sound quality develops
when the strings have completely set,
which may ordinarily take sometime. To achieve a stable intonation in
just a few minutes you can repeatedly pinch each string at
midlength with your fingers, pull it decidedly sideways and tune it up
again. Stop when the string does not pull out of tune anymore.
Because of its nature a
Nylgut string stretches noticeably more than a regular gut string,
which leads, under equal stress, to a somewhat thinner diameter.
Hence the necessity to use a thicker starting diameter: under working
stress it will settle to a diameter similar to that of a regular
string's and will eventually lead to the same working tension.
In practice the correct diameter of a
Nylgut string is obtained by multiplying the gut
string diameter by 1.04
Example: what is the right Nylgut string
equivalent to a .97 mm gut?
Answer: .97 X 1.07= 100.8 (i.e. 100 NG)
Conversion
from Nylon to Nylgut: employ the .95 coefficient
Example: what is the equivalent Nylgut string
equivalent to a .425 Nylon string?
Answer: .425 X .95= .403 mm (i.e. 40 NG)
...to learn more: check
our FAQ
Nylgut anniversary 1997-2007:
Conversion tables (between
wound strings of different brands, PVF, Nylon, Gut strings)
Note: gauges are expressed in
hundred of millimeters (i.e.
120 =
1,20 mm)
Gauges between 36
NG and 58 NG: L= 100 cm
Gauges equal and more of 60 NG: L= 120 cm
| TYPE |
EQUIV. NYLON |
EQUIV. PVF |
PRICES (EUR) |
|
36 NG |
40 |
30 |
3.30 |
|
38 NG |
42 |
32 |
3.30 |
|
40 NG |
44 |
34 |
3.30 |
|
42 NG |
46 |
36 |
3.30 |
|
44 NG |
48 |
38 |
3.30 |
|
46 NG |
52 |
40 |
3.30 |
|
48 NG |
54 |
40 |
3.30 |
|
50 NG |
56 |
42 |
3.30 |
|
52 NG |
58 |
44 |
3.30 |
|
54 NG |
60 |
46 |
3.30 |
| 56
NG |
62 |
48 |
3.30 |
|
58 NG |
64 |
50 |
3.30 |
|
60 NG |
66 |
52 |
3.30 |
|
62 NG |
68 |
52 |
3.30 |
|
64 NG |
70 |
54 |
3.30 |
|
66 NG |
73 |
56 |
3.30 |
|
68 NG |
73 |
58 |
3.30 |
|
70 NG |
76 |
60 |
3.30 |
|
73 NG |
79 |
62 |
3.30 |
|
76 NG |
85 |
64 |
3.30 |
|
79 NG |
88 |
68 |
3.30 |
|
82 NG |
91 |
70 |
3.30 |
|
85 NG |
94 |
73 |
3.30 |
|
88 NG |
97 |
76 |
3.30 |
|
91 NG |
100 |
79 |
3.30 |
|
94 NG |
104 |
79 |
3.30 |
|
97 NG |
/ |
82 |
3.30 |
| 100
NG |
/ |
85 |
3.30 |
| 104
NG |
/ |
88 |
3.30 |
+ IVA
- VAT - TVA
