String gauges for 21" flattop cittern (GDAEA or GDADA)?

[davidwood]

I know there have been many discussions of string gauges, but I'm a novice who is just acquiring a 21" flattop cittern and I don't want to wreck the instrument. What gauge strings should I be looking for with this instrument if I wanted to tune to GDAEA or maybe GDADA?

I've used some string tension calculators, but I'm not sure if I'm using them correctly. What I have come up with from looking around at other posts and using the calculator is this:

.045PB, .032PB, .018NW, .013, .008

How does that look?

[Eddie Sheehy]

I'd go with a wound on the .018, and maybe drop that .013 to .012 or .011