In other words, RF's NST is another modified violin-based tuning:
violin: G D A E
NST:(C) G D A E (G)
I think NST would have been perfect fifths if the string technology
and instrument capabilities would have supported it.
I think this is not dissimilar to the tuning of a viola-de-gamba, a
fretted 6-string bowed viola-like instrument.
Pat Hickey ***SPH
brzrkr@nielsenmedia.com