Never mind. Aquila's gut & silk is a high tension set for modern guitars. Aquila won't make low tension silk strings. PP
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebecca Banks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:19 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut Strings > > August 7th, 2006 > > Dear Lutenists: > > I have done some research on the Internet and found AquilaU.S.A. > makes > gut and silk strings . . . it will be interesting to experiment and see > how > they sound. Of course after phosphorous winds it will be interesting to > hear the different intonation and the lower tuning of the Lute in D > rather > than D#. I've only ever had a string break on me twice in 9 years of > guitar > playing, although proper packaging could go a long way to alleviate rust > spots and strings missing in action in John Pearse specials. A > beautiful > sound if you can find the time, > > with thanks, > > Rebecca Banks > Tea at Tympani Lane Records > [1]www.tympanilanerecords.com > > P.S.: > > References > > 1. http://www.tympanilanerecords.com/ > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
