[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - Tennis-Lute loveALL

2007-08-26 Thread howard posner
On Aug 26, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: You may be right, about the speed (except pehaps the greater movement back gives greater power forward, I have no idea) , but more control, and subtlety is surely what we all want, wouldn’t you say? Not if you're playing continuo in an

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - Tennis-Lute loveALL

2007-08-26 Thread The Other
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gut... Good for Lute.Bad for tennis racket. In 1970, gut strung Poncho Gonzalez tennis racket (from Spaulding) in the rain... 10 minutes--severe fraying; 11 minutes--broken gut and match forfeit. (only had the 1 racket.) The Other. -BEGIN

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - Tennis-Lute loveALL

2007-08-26 Thread Anthony Hind
Well if you do insist on playing tennis with your theorbo, gut strung or otherwise … Le 26 août 07 à 19:57, howard posner a écrit : On Aug 26, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: You may be right, about the speed (except pehaps the greater movement back gives greater power forward, I