There are some environmental purists that think the biggest scourge on the planet is the existance of the Human Race and that the planet would be better off without us humans. So we can take this "Purist" argument to extremes and still find other purists that disagree with this, that or something else. The real point should be to make your Lute sound the best it can sound and to make that sound to please yourself. If this means you use all gut, then do so, if it means you are happy with Nylgut or just plain Nylon with wound bases do that as well. I use nylon because it is the best I can afford and once I have them tuned, my tuning problems are minimal. I realize and agree there are the Gut purists out there who say that Gut sounds better, and I agree but I don't break first second or fourth courses all the time and don't spend half a concert tuning the instrument.
I went to hear " Soanso" play a concert last night. The Lute player played for two hours,-- one piece. Tuned the Lute the rest of the time and replaced strings. I know this is s stretch or a parody and I am sorry if I offend anyone, not my intention. But it is a concievable nightmare a' la Murphy's Law. The quest for the perfect string, or more authentic string is actually just begining. But I feel in the end, if there is to be one, we will settel for some sort of sythetic man made string that is neither historically correct or totally organic. Vance Wood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 2:55 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Octave string question > >> Tastes differ, and I prefer 'living' material above artificial. But hé, > >> we > >> make our own bread and I prefer my fish raw, so it's no wonder. ;-) > > Raw fish became a habit in Japan only about 200 years ago, and previously > > was served similarly but pickled. > > So I see no reason not to use processed strings, by your own standard. > > After > > all: all polymers were organic matter once. > > One has to explain everything: > Home made bread is something many like, but for most it is too much trouble > to make. > Raw fish is pure, unprocessed food, but not to everybody's taste. > There is some analogy with gut strings. > That was my point. > > David > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
