luan - 4-7-2014 at 05:04 PM
Hello
I need to know the tension of the La Bella strings for turkish tuning.
I couldn't find the info and sent them an email and they didn't answered.
Thanks a lot!
DoggerelPundit - 4-7-2014 at 08:26 PM
Luan,
I was told by the late Haig Manookian that a "standard" set of strings, tuned EABEAD on a Turkish style oud, exerts about 135lbs of pull on the
bridge. This was in one of his master classes some years ago. OU80 is the LaBella standard for a Turkish oud.
-Stephen