Raj Feridun wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 13:05:38 +0900, Brett Robson
> <deep_m_m@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> I was serious. Had it been a hammered dulcimer I would have bought
>>> it. They have a mandolin and banjo as well; I'm very tempted by
>>> both.
>
>> I thought about getting a mandolin and tuning it in a guitar
>> tuning, but I would end up playing "Losing My Religion" non-stop.
>>  They are usually tuned in 4ths like a violin but you could tune
>> in 5ths.
>
> As a professional violinist I can assure you the violin's strings are
> in perfect 5ths: G, D, A and E.

As a guitarist who has picked up a violin once or twice, I can confirm Raj's
understanding of how violins are tuned.