Nygut for pedal harp question

[penny-amundsen]

I’m considering

[jessica-wolff]

I think you’ll have to contact Aquila (the U.S. division) directly and ask them what they need to know in order to supply you. I could not find anything on their site, which doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

What I know about them comes mainly from banjo players (yes, there are nylon- or gut-strung banjos). There are two basic Nylgut sets for banjo, for minstrel (a fourth low) and modern pitch. Nearly everybody raves about them but says they take a good long time to stop stretching and settle in. I would expect the same to be true of Nylgut strings for harp.

[Elizabeth Whitman Seabrooks]

You can order nylgut from http://www.aquilacorde.com/

[steven-amazeen]

The Camac boutique has Nylgut harp strings from the 2nd octave down available.

[bernhard-schmidt]

Hallo,

Mimmo Peruffo, founder of Aquila told me, that the “Nylgutstrings” are always white. If

[Elizabeth Whitman Seabrooks]

I don’t know about ‘popular belief’, but as a potential customer, I was unable to get a response from http://www.aquilausa.com after multiple contact attempts. I

[steven-amazeen]

Hi Elizabeth,

Sorry to hear of your negative experience.

[steven-amazeen]

Hallo Bernhard,

An email has been sent to Camac regarding the origin of the Nylgut strings they offer.

It is very likely that they are indeed Aquila Nylgut as that is what was used to string a friend’s Electro30 that was given to her by Joel Garnier.

Steve

[steven-amazeen]

I just received an email from Camac confirming Berhard’s belief that the strings offered are simply plain nylon gauged to be the same tension as gut.

[bernhard-schmidt]

Hallo Steve,

thank you for this info. Please let me know what the result is.

In the time of Joel there was a worldwide change in nylon production.
It was when the socalled “Tynex”

[bernhard-schmidt]

our postings where just crossover

I just read your posting and yes, this

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