New Nylgut® Strings (NGE type)

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Picture nr. 1 : Harp with NGE strings
Picture nr. 2 : Chitarrone with NGE Bass Strings
Picture nr. 3 : All our NGE strings have been made by hand by Daniela

See this picture: which is the New Nylgut and which is the gut string?

(Left: a New Nylgut string; Right: a traditional gut string)

to learn more: read our FAQ

Minimum order

40 euros (VAT non included)

INTRODUCTION

NGE elastic strings, diameters from .62 to 1.45 mm; length: 200 cms.

Colour: like gut

FIELD OF APPLICATION

These strings are specifically designed for particularly long diapasons of Archlutes, Chitarrones and Theorbos.

Their main feature is certainly their prompt and bright acoustic performance, comparable (as Theorbo diapasons) with that of loaded gutstrings, noticeably superior to that of plain gut. Also to be noted is the remarkable resistance to wear and tear and the stability against climatic changes.

For the first time it is used a special version of new Nylgut, i.e. partially elastic.

The percentage of elasticity introduced in the basic molecule is fully controlled by us and allows an even excellent performance in the low frequencies compared to the NGE strings of old production. Thanks to their flexibility these strings bend without any effort at the bridge holes.

WARNING
The diameter of NGE strings is now expressed in 'equivalent gut'.
The strings are marked with a letter NGE preceded by a number indicating the diameter of the equivalent plain gut. So for example the string 140 NGE indicates a string that corresponds, for calculations, to a natural gut of 1.40 mm. Of course, the actual diameter of the string is different but at the same frequency it will have the same working tension of a gut string of 1.40 mm.

In conclusion, 140 NGE string will not have an actual diameter of 1.40 mm while the working tension will be the same of a gut string of 1.40 mm.

Chitarrone with NGE bass strings: hear the sound (938 Kb).

ATTENTION:

In order to obtain in a few minutes a perfectly stable intonation we advise to pull laterally and with gentle force each string while tuning and continue the tuning process until the string stops decreasing in pitch.

Note: gauges are expressed in hundred of millimeters (i.e. 120 = 1.20 mm)

Conversion tables (between wound strings of different brands, Nylgut, PVF, Nylon, Gut strings)

Lenght= 200 cms

CODE	EQUIVALENT GUT	EQUIVALENT LOADED GUT	EUROS
62 NGE	62	/	7.40
64 NGE	64	/	7.40
66 NGE	66	/	7.40
68 NGE	68	/	7.40
70 NGE	70	/	7.40
73 NGE	73	/	7.40
76 NGE	76	/	7.40
79 NGE	79	/	7.40
82 NGE	82	/	7.40
85 NGE	85	/	7.40
88 NGE	88	/	7.40
91 NGE	91	/	7.40
94 NGE	94	/	7.40
97 NGE	97	/	7.40
100 NGE	100	/	7.40
104 NGE	104	/	7.40
108 NGE	108	/	7.40
112 NGE	112	112 C	7.40
116 NGE	116	116 C	7.40
120 NGE	120	120 C	7.40
124 NGE	124	124 C	7.40
128 NGE	128	128 C	7.40
132 NGE	132	132 C	7.40
136 NGE	136	136 C	7.40
140 NGE	140	140 C	7.40
145 NGE	145	145 C	7.40
150 NGE	150	150C	7.40
160 NGE	160	160C	7.40

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