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    I tune my charangos as a 10 string MANDOLIN! Each course with an octave interval, cC gG dD aA eE. See my reply to the post by BILLKILPATRICK !

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    Quote Originally Posted by thinnestman View Post
    I tune my charangos as a 10 string MANDOLIN! Each course with an octave interval, cC gG dD aA eE. See my reply to the post by BILLKILPATRICK !
    What post? I don’t see any post by Bill here. Is it in a different thread? Or you can just post what strings you use? Is it the std charango set or do you use some other strings?
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    I tune my charangos as a 10 string MANDOLIN! Each course with an octave interval, cC gG dD aA eE, so that the lowest course of C's has a mandocello pitch for 1 string! See my reply to the post by BILLKILPATRICK !

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    That might be just about impossible to tune your lowest course to mandocello pitch with a short scale instrument. Do you use a different set of strings on the charango? If so what do you use? Classical guitar? Other?
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    I am reminded of an occasion some years back when I met a young lad I knew carrying a smallish instrument case. Upon my asking what it contained, he told me it was a charango, but upon opening the case it more resembled matchwood! It had shattered, possibly due to being exposed to hot sun in the bus. I offered to take the pieces to the luthier to see if it could be repaired, an offer which the parents took up, since the (wooden) instrument had been a present from a South American friend. The luthier did a glue job which restored it's shape, if not its looks, since it wasn't worth spending too much money. I was left with the job of tuning it up, since the luthier didn't know the tuning, and I remember being terrified by the process, convinced that it would self destruct again. I used the internet to find the correct tuning, and thought I'd finished, but when the father came to pick it up he said it was far to low, so I reckon it should have been an octave higher. I never found out whether they succeeded in getting it safely up to pitch, but if thy did, they were far braver than I was! By comparison, getting a mandolin E string up to pitch is nothing. Those charangos must be so highly strung to achieve that wonderful distinctive sound. No wonder the poor armadillos buckle under the strain.
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