Joko
Well-known member
Where I live, you can't get ukulele strings in any of the half-dozen or so retail shops in town that carry them in any size other than soprano/concert. There's lots of options (for here) to choose from, but somewhere on the back, in fine print, they all say soprano/concert. Strings labelled as being for tenor or baritone simply don't exist.
Now, I don't change the strings on my Kala baritone often. When I've done so, I think it was based on advice I got here at UU that strings 2-5 from a set labelled as for a "classical" guitar should work fine. And they have.
It so happens I've commissioned a local luthier to make 12 custom tenor ukuleles with the colors and name of an institution I'm donating them to. I've ordered them with sting installation TBD.
I think I'm aware that strings come with certain measurable characteristics like thickness (gauge) and tensile strength... as well as non-quantifiable stuff like what they're made of, how they're wound (if applicable) and what of tone they generally produce.
That's all there is, right? There's nothing specific to tenor strings that make them different from soprano strings other than their combination of the characteristics from the list above. Am I wrong?
So what happens at the string making factory that strings are produced in long spools and then cut to the appropriate size for the intended instrument. If the gauge and material are the same, the length it's sold in the package doesn't mean anything.
My question is whether my assumptions are correct or is there some other factor I'm not getting yet?
Now, I don't change the strings on my Kala baritone often. When I've done so, I think it was based on advice I got here at UU that strings 2-5 from a set labelled as for a "classical" guitar should work fine. And they have.
It so happens I've commissioned a local luthier to make 12 custom tenor ukuleles with the colors and name of an institution I'm donating them to. I've ordered them with sting installation TBD.
I think I'm aware that strings come with certain measurable characteristics like thickness (gauge) and tensile strength... as well as non-quantifiable stuff like what they're made of, how they're wound (if applicable) and what of tone they generally produce.
That's all there is, right? There's nothing specific to tenor strings that make them different from soprano strings other than their combination of the characteristics from the list above. Am I wrong?
So what happens at the string making factory that strings are produced in long spools and then cut to the appropriate size for the intended instrument. If the gauge and material are the same, the length it's sold in the package doesn't mean anything.
My question is whether my assumptions are correct or is there some other factor I'm not getting yet?