[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-02 Thread Roman Turovsky
The overall incidence of Polycythemia Vera in the Minnesota population is 1.9 per 100,000 person-years. Nowhere near the incidence of lutenism. RT On 12/1/2012 10:47 PM, Dan Winheld wrote: On 12/1/2012 7:20 PM, Edward Martin wrote: Blood letting? It still works as the primary therapy for

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread William Samson
: Dan Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net To: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, 1 December 2012, 5:15 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room 'I'm not too familiar with Gamut's terminology. I know that Mace

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Stephan Olbertz
: Saturday, 1 December 2012, 5:15 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room 'I'm not too familiar with Gamut's terminology. I know that Mace describes pistoys as none other than thick Venice-Catlins, which are commonly dyed, with a deep dark red colour

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Mimmo Peruffo (Aquila strings) and Nicholas Baldock have done work on softer strings. MH --- On Fri, 30/11/12, William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [LUTE] Gut strings - The elephant in the room To: Lute List

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Edward Martin
Blood letting? It still works as the primary therapy for Polycythemia Vera. ed At 12:00 PM 12/1/2012, Dan Winheld wrote: On 12/1/2012 5:07 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: On 12/1/2012 3:30 AM, William Samson wrote: After all, what we are seeking is true authenticity (aren't we?) rather than a

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Dan Winheld
On 12/1/2012 7:20 PM, Edward Martin wrote: Blood letting? It still works as the primary therapy for Polycythemia Vera. Kindly translate for us layluters, please- is it worse than Lachrimae Vera? ed At 12:00 PM 12/1/2012, Dan Winheld wrote: On 12/1/2012 5:07 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: On

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Edward Martin
Much worse. It is a condition where the body makes too many red cells, and the treatment is to remove blood periodically. Otherwise, many complications. It is the only condition that I know of, where actual blood-letting is an accepted, effective treatment. Those authentic barbers from the

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-11-30 Thread Dan Winheld
Bill- In fact, some of the string makers are well aware of the stiffness factor; and have been trying to cope with it, and are coming up with increasingly flexible bass (where of course it matters most) strings. I have recently been able to go to an all gut Pistoy of Dan Larson for the 8th

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-11-30 Thread William Samson
, 19:10 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room Bill- In fact, some of the string makers are well aware of the stiffness factor; and have been trying to cope with it, and are coming up with increasingly flexible bass (where of course it matters most) strings. I have

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-11-30 Thread Edward Martin
...@lmi.net To: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, 30 November 2012, 19:10 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room Bill- In fact, some of the string makers are well aware of the stiffness factor

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-11-30 Thread David van Ooijen
November 2012, 19:10 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room Bill- In fact, some of the string makers are well aware of the stiffness factor; and have been trying to cope with it, and are coming up with increasingly flexible bass (where of course it matters most

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-11-30 Thread Dan Winheld
progressing. Bill From: Dan Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net To: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, 30 November 2012, 19:10 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room Bill- In fact, some of the string makers