Aquila Tenor Lava strings on a lightly constructed Concert Uke

I have an older solid mahogany Mele 6 string concert I bought 3 or 4 years ago (it was several years old then). It has some old black strings, and needs a crack repair below the saddle. It still sounds amazingly bright and loud. It's built lightly with amazing resonance and projection. I am trying to get a 6 string set, right now considering Aquila Lava's but no single strings available. Trying to avoid $20 for a set of strings. Any cautions about using the Tenor Lavas?

I fit baritone strings to my tenor ukuleles all the time. Its standard practice for me these days yet I don't tune them up to GCEA. I tune them EAC#F#.

You could try them but your just going to have to feel when the tension is right and I doubt highly that going all the way to GCEA would work.

Aquila makes a 6-string set for tenor, product # "118U"

You can see them here, $7 USD + $5 USPS first class shipping =$12 USD:

https://www.stringsandbeyond.com/aqlase6teuks.html

Strings By Mail does not list them for some reason. Not quite $20.

However, if there is a crack in the top, if it were me, I'd completely slack the strings with zero tension, and not play the instrument until after I could get it repaired. Otherwise, constant tension on the top while it sits in the case is maybe going to accelerate the severity of the problem.

Thanks for the replies.

Tenor strings on a concert would have less tension at standard GCEA tuning so that shouldn't be a problem. You might have trouble with the larger diameter, but they should still be in the ballpark.

I looked on the Mele site and they still make 6-string concert ukes. However, if you look at the strings for sale they only list 6-string sets for tenor not concert. My guess is that they use tenor sets for both.

For the best answer, I'd contact Mele and ask them.

Thanks... I did contact Mele and decided to go with what they use on concert 6 strings....a tenor 6 string set.