La Patrie Étude

[Brendan688]

Driving past a garage sale awhile back I saw a guitar. Of course I had to stop! It was a La Patrie Étude. I've never tried a classical guitar or a nylon string but it was cheap, beat all to hell. I fixed it up as best I could. It sounds great, plays easy. Here is the question;
Do nylon strings have a harder time staying in tune? With my steel strings, after they break in a bit, I only adjust the tune occasionally. This one is constant. Probably every 20 minutes of play time. It's only the nylon strings. Is this normal, or perhaps the timers on that side are bad? Thanks for any input

[Dafiryde]

Nylon strings take a bit longer than steel strings to settle in, due to nylon stretches more, good news is after about a week they settle and require very little tuning. You get a lot more time out of a set, approx. 2 months and more, as oppose to steel strings which only get 3 weeks.

[Brendan688]

Thanks, I'm glad it's just that and I won't have to replace the tuners.

[pickinray]

I've owned a LaPatrie Etude for over 7 years. It's a good first nylon string guitar for steel string players. As Darfiryde said, the nylon strings take longer to settle in. You probably don't need to change the tuners.