String calculator and other tools

Here you will find different tools and information about strings:

 

  • Calculator: to calculate the right gauges for your instrument.
  • Equivalences: to know the equivalent gauge in different materials.
  • Diammeters: to know the actual diammeter of each material and gauge
  • Tunings: some of the most used tunings for different instruments
  • Materials: to know more information about the composition of strings.

 

You can also contact us if you need help and please be careful with all the information available since a wrong choice can be dangerous for your instrument.

 

STRING TOOLS

CALCULATOR

String calculator

EQUIVALENCES

GUT/ NYLGUT NYLON CARBON (PVF) AQUILA D PYRAMID SAVAREZ NFC
0.36 0.40 0.30
0.38 0.42 0.33
0.40 0.45 0.35
0.42 0.475 0.37
0.44 0.50 0.38
0.46 0.525 0.40
0.48 0.54 0.41
0.50 0.56 0.43
0.52 0.575 0.45
0.54 0.60 0.47
0.56 0.625 0.47
0.58 0.65 0.50
0.60 0.675 0.52
0.62 0.675 0.52
0.64 0.70 0.55
0.66 0.75 0.57
0.68 0.75 0.57
0.70 0.75 0.60
0.73 0.80 0.62 73 905 –
0.76 0.85 0.64 76 906M –
0.79 0.875 0.69 79 906 –
0.82 0.925 0.71 82 1006/10065 70 – 72
0.85 0.95 0.74 85 9075 –
0.88 0.975 0.77 88 908/1007 80 – 82
0.91 1.00 0.77 91 1008/10075 90 – 92
0.94 1.05 0.79 94 909/9085 –
0.97 1.10 0.81 97 1009/10085 100 – 102
1.00 1.13 0.85 100 10095 110 – 112
1.04 1.17 0.87 104 1010 120 – 122
1.08 1.23 0.92 108 1011 130 – 132
1.12 1.26 0.94 112 10105 –
1.16 1.30 0.97 116 1012 150 – 152
1.20 1.35 1.02 120 1013 170 – 172
1.24 1.40 1.05 124 1014 –
1.28 1.44 1.10 128 1015 –
1.32 1.50 1.12 132 1016 190 – 192
1.36 1.54 1.15 136 1116 –
1.40 1.60 1.20 140 1017 210 –212
1.45 1.65 1.25 145 1018 –
1.50 1.70 1.30 150 1019 230 – 232
1.55 1.75 1.33 155 1020 250 – 252
1.60 1.80 1.35 160 1021 275 – 275
1.65 1.90 1.40 165 1022/1023 300 – 300
1.70 1.95 1.45 170 1024 325 – 322
1.75 2.00 1.50 175 1025 350 – 352
1.80 2.05 1.55 180 1026 –
1.85 2.10 1.58 185 1027 375 – 380
1.90 2.15 1.60 190 1028 –
1.95 2.20 1.65 195 1029 410 – 412
2.00 2.25 1.68 200 1030/1031 430 – 442
2.10 2.45 1.85 210 1032/1033 500 – 482
2.20 2.50 1.88 220 1034/1035 –
2.30 2.6 1.93 230 1036/1037 –
2.40 2.45 1.80 240 1038 530 – 520
2.45 2.50 1.60 245 1239 560 – 522
2.50 2.55 1.65 250 1240 622
2.60 2.60 1.68 260 1440

DIAMMETERS

PYRAMYD WOUND SAVAREZ WOUND AQUILA WOUND AQUILA CD AQUILA CDL
GAUGE DIAMETER (mm) GAUGE DIAMETER (mm) GAUGE DIAMETER (mm) GAUGE DIAMETER (mm) GAUGE DIAMETER (mm)
805 0.40 72 0.48 73 0.43 75 0.69 90 0.81
905 0.42 82 0.54 76 0.44 80 0.74 95 0.86
906 0.44 92 0.56 79 0.47 85 0.78 100 0.90
9075 0.47 102 0.59 82 0.48 90 0.83 105 0.95
908 0.49 112 0.61 85 0.53 95 0.86 110 0.99
9085 0.52 122 0.64 88 0.56 100 0.92 115 1.04
909 0.51 132 0.69 91 0.59 105 0.95 120 1.08
909_AL 0.50 152 0.72 94 0.60 110 1.01 125 1.12
1005 0.44 172 0.74 97 0.62 115 0.94 130 1.17
1006 0.46 192 0.75 100 0.62 120 0.98 135 1.21
10065 0.48 212 0.76 104 0.62 125 1.01 140 1.26
1007 0.51 232 0.79 108 0.62 130 1.05 145 1.30
10075 0.50 252 0.81 112 0.63 135 1.09 150 1.35
1008 0.50 272 0.82 116 0.63 140 1.11 155 1.40
10085 0.52 302 0.85 120 0.65 145 1.16 160 1.44
1009 0.52 322 0.87 124 0.67 150 1.19 165 1.48
10095 0.53 352 0.88 128 0.71 155 1.24 170 1.53
1109 0.54 382 0.91 132 0.72 160 1.26 175 1.57
1010 0.55 412 0.94 136 0.72 165 1.32 180 1.60
10105 0.55 442 0.98 140 0.73 170 1.36
1011 0.56 482 1.01 145 0.75 175 1.39
1111 0.58 522 1.05 150 0.79 180 1.42
1012 0.56 552 1.07 155 0.80 185 1.48
1013 0.59 622 1.10 160 0.81 190 1.51
1014 0.59 165 0.82 195 1.53
1014AL 0.59 170 0.85 200 1.58
1114 0.62 175 0.87 210 1.63
1015 0.63 180 0.89 220 1.68
1016 0.65 185 0.92
1116 0.68 190 0.95
1017 0.66 195 0.96
1018 0.67 200 0.98
1019 0.69 210 1.00
1020 0.72 220 1.05
1021 0.74 230 1.08
1022 0.75 240 1.14
1023 0.77 250 1.18
1024 0.79 260 1.21
1124 0.82
1025 0.83
1026 0.84
1027 0.86
1028 0.88
1029 0.90
1030 0.91
1031 0.89
1032 0.95
1033 0.96
1034 0.98
1035 1.02
1236 1.06
1237 1.09
1238 1.11
1239 1.13
1240 1.14

TUNINGS

PERIOD INSTRUMENT TYPE COURSES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Medieval Citole g’ d’ a d Ggd’
Medieval Citole g’ d’ g d
Medieval Gittern A a’ g’ d’ a d
Medieval Gittern G g’ d’ g d
Medieval Gittern D d’ a d A
Medieval Lute G g’ d’ a g d
Renaissance Guitar a’ e’ c’ g
Renaissance Lute G g’ d’ a f c G F E D C B’ A’
Renaissance Lute Dalza Scordatura (Type 1, 1508) a’ e’ b g c G
Renaissance Lute Dalza Scordatura (Type 2, 1508) a’ e’ b g d G
Renaissance Lute (Octave) D d” a’ e’ c’ g d c
Renaissance Lute (Octave) C c”’ g” d” b’♭ f’ c’ b♭
Renaissance Lute (Descant) B b’ f’# c’# a e B F#
Renaissance Lute (Descant) A a’ e’ b g d A G
Renaissance Lute (Alto) F (Type 1) f’ c’ g e♭ B♭ F E♭
Renaissance Lute (Alto) F (Type 2) f’ c’ g e♭ B♭ F C
Renaissance Lute (Tenor) E e’ b g♭ d A E D
Renaissance Lute (Bass) D d’ a e c G D C
Renaissance Lute (Bass) C c” g’ d’ b♭ f c B♭
Renaissance Lute (Bass) G g d A F C G’ F’
Renaissance Lute (Octave) D d” a’ e’ c’ g d c B♭
Renaissance Lute (Octave) C c”’ g” d” b’♭ f’ c’ b♭ a♭
Renaissance Lute (Descant) B b’ f’# c’# a e B F# E
Renaissance Lute (Descant) A a’ e’ b g d A G F
Renaissance Lute (Alto) G (Type 1) g’ d’ a f c G F D
Renaissance Lute (Alto) G (Type 2) g’ d’ a f c G F C
Renaissance Lute (Alto) F (Type 1) f’ c’ g e♭ B♭ F E♭ C
Renaissance Lute (Alto) F (Type 2) f’ c’ g e♭ B♭ F E♭ B’♭
Renaissance Lute (Tenor) E e’ b g♭ d A E D C
Renaissance Lute (Bass) D d’ a e c G D C B’♭
Renaissance Lute (Bass) C c” g’ d’ b♭ f c B♭ A♭
Renaissance Lute (Bass) G g d A F C G’ F’ E’♭
Renaissance Lute (Alto) G (Type 1) g’ d’ a f c G F E♭ D
Renaissance Lute (Alto) G (Type 2) g’ d’ a f c G F E♭ C
Renaissance Lute (Alto) G g’ d’ a f c G F E♭ D C
Renaissance Lute (Alto) G g’ d’ a f c G F E♭ D C
Baroque Lute D Minor f’ d’ a f d A G F E D
Baroque Lute D Minor f’ d’ a f d A G F E D C
Baroque Lute D Minor f’ d’ a f d A G F E D C B’
Baroque Lute D Minor f’ d’ a f d A G F E D C B’ A’
Baroque Theorbo A a e b g d A G F E D C B’ A’ G’
Baroque Theorbo A a e b g d A G F E D C B’ A’ G’ F’
Baroque Theorbo A a e b g d A G F E D C B’ A’ G’ F’ E’ D’ C’ B”
Baroque Archlute G g’ d’ a f c G F E D C B’♭ A’ G’ F’
Baroque Guitar e’ b g d a
Baroque Chitarra Battente in e’ e’ b g d’ a
Baroque Orpharion g’ d’ a f c G F E D
Baroque Mandolin Neapolitan (Fouchetti tuning) e’ a’ d g
Historic Guitar Terzina g d b F C G
Modern Guitar Russian d b g d B G D
Modern Guitar 10 strings (Yepes) e b g D A E C A G# F#
Modern Guitar High A a e c G D A
Modern Guitar High G g d b♭ F C G
Modern Guitar Baroque tuning e b g D A E D C B A
Others Hurdy-Gurdy Auvergnat G-C tuning g Melody g c Trumpet G Alto drone C Tenor drone G’ Bass drone
Others Hurdy-Gurdy Bourbonnais D-G tuning d” Melody d’ Melody d’ Trumpet g Alto drone D Tenor drone D’ Bass drone
Others Oud Arabic c g d A F C
Others Oud Iraqi f c g d A F
Others Oud Turkish d a e B A E

MATERIALS

Manufacturer String Composition Density (Kg/m³) Gauges
Aquila New Nylgut Synthetic, polymer 1300 Gut-Equivalent
Aquila Wound D Copper wire and nylgut multifilament core Unkown Gut-Equivalent
Aquila CD/CDL Synthetic, loading extruding process with very thin metallic copper powder Unkown Gut-Equivalent
Pyramid Wound Silver plated copper wire and nylon multifilament core Unkown Custom, last two numbers indicate the real diammeter of metal wire
Savarez Wound NFC Copper wire and nylon multifilament core Unkown Custom
Pyramid Nylon Nylon 1040 Real diammeter
Savarez KF Alliance Carbon (PVF) 1791 Real diammeter