mimmo
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well Jarmo, it is 20 years that I make and calculate strings so I have a bit of experience: dropping with the gauges (just a bit, not too much) do not change things how one can espect or suppose aconcerning the performances. You can recognize that the sound became a bit brighter and that the sustain became a bit longer but with less energy; generally speacking you can have a easier playing. With a thicker strings the sound is fuller, less sustain and more energy; 'generally speaking' is the rule here: some instrument want thicker strings, som other lighter gauges. So we give a try and see what happen there. In practice, if our sugar soprano 1st has .62 mm gauge and the concerto .65 I will do, for the concert a 63. Do your test: tune your ukulele a quarter of tone down so you can apreciate what happen about the tension.
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