Hi Eric,
the question of the superficial broken fibers is a situation well know by
other stringmakers like Dan, for example.
I think that lute, mandoline etc top strings must be not so polished like
all we today make, but half-polished; one can feel by fingers the
superficial
thin grain beloging the string. This solution make the strings similar to
the strings obtained in the past and permit, anyway, to safeguard the
string to befalse and to be too broken into the fibers.
The question is if : is a modern luteplayer prone to accept that a string is
not perfectly smooth?
I make some of these half-rectified strings like violine top strings, after
to make information to the customers. They were happy indeed.
Which are the difference?
If a standard vernished string last, as example 20 days, in this case they
will last 4 times more, and this on an oiled string and... the sound
improve!
Why? I am still working to find a possible explanation...
Mimmo
