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Stringing Chart for EMS Heritage Lutes, Guitars and Theorbo

We've put together a stringing chart for our EMS Heritage Lutes, Guitar and Theorbo. This chart can be used as a guide for other similar instruments, but we always recommend using a string calculator or getting advice from the maker.

Renaissance Lutes - Aquila Nylgut/Wound Strings:

Note  6-Course 7-Course 8-Course Unison Octave
g' 1 1 1 42NG -
d' 2 2 2 48NG -
a 3 3 3 64NG -
f 4 4 4 82NG / 88D 40NG
C 5 5 5 108D 52NG
G 6 6 6 150D 70NG
F - - 7 165D 79NG
D - 7 8 200D 94NG

 

Baroque Guitar - Aquila Nylgut Strings:

 Note Unison Octave
e'' 46NG -
b' 58NG -
g' 73NG -
d 91NG 42NG
a' 66NG -

 

EMS Theorbo – Aquila Nylgut/Wound/Nylgut Elastic Strings

String Note a415 a440
1 A3 58 NNG 54 NNG
2 E3 76 NNG 70 NNG
3 B3 50 NNG 48 NNG
4 G3 64 NNG 60 NNG
5 D3 82 NNG 79 NNG
6 A2 108 D 104 D
7 G2 68 NGE 66 NGE
8 F♯2 73 NGE 68 NGE
9 E2 76 NGE 73 NGE
10 D2 85 NGE 82 NGE
11 C2 94 NGE 88 NGE
12 B1 100 NGE 94 NGE
13 A1 112 NGE 108 NGE
 14 G1 128 NGE 120 NGE
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