was going to stay out of this, buts Ruth's comment that she doesnt often change strings is the perfect lead in. I don't know where I picked this up, but apparently gut strings do degrade over time, something to do with the oil they are treated with. Therefore, you dont want to sit on spare strings for too long, at most a year or so. If you change strings yearly, using your spare set, you should be okay. Of course this could just be a rumour the gut string makers started to sell more strings, who knows. I havent used gut for about 7 - 8 years, i use wound metal violin and viola strings and change them at least yearly.
Derek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Bramley" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 11:57:32 AM Subject: Re: [HG-new] re: strings I've had strings from NRI and, as Andy says, they're not cheap , but they are good quality. I confess that I don't often change strings... Ruthie On 14/06/2012 23:04, [email protected] wrote: Thanks, Paul, that is indeed the company I was trying to think of. Do you have any experience with their gut hurdy gurdy strings? Mitch Gordon In a message dated 6/14/2012 2:55:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I suspect the UK company referred to could be NRI (Manchester). http://www.nrinstruments.demon.co.uk/ Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm . To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm . To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
