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 ARCHIVED TOPIC: Aquila Banjo String Gauges


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Uncle Brad - Posted - 08/30/2013:  20:24:02

Folks,



I cataloged the Aquila banjo string gauges.  See attached file.  Data for sets 1B through 7B were obtained from vendor web sites.  For the 11B RED series, I bought a micrometer and measured a new unused set myself.  Couldn’t find that data on the web.  This was a nice science project!



Footnotes:




  1. I’m sure all the measurements are “approximate.”  I saw that mentioned in several places on the web and BHO.

  2. I saw conflicting data between a couple of vendor web sites for the same string series.

  3. For measuring the RED series, I made several measurements in different places.



 




Aquila Banjo String Gauges.pdf
   

drfrancov - Posted - 08/30/2013:  20:52:25

Thank you so much for sharing this!

Bufo Bill - Posted - 08/31/2013:  13:20:22

Linked to the Polymer Strings group page with thanks from Bill.

SoundsGoodToMe - Posted - 08/31/2013:  13:46:24

Thank you!  Been looking for the red measurements :)


Bart Veerman - Posted - 08/31/2013:  14:14:15

I went through the same exercise not too long ago. It'd be nice if the Aquilla website would list that info...


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